I’ve had a couple of really nice days out in the local North Wales area, with an emphasis on just ‘being’ outdoors. Not much kit required and no ‘challenging’ activities, just an appreciation of being outside – whatever the weather – which has been a real mix of hail, rain, wind and sunshine. Started off… Read more

Having been living so close to the sea for the last week, we finally got up in time to go down to the water’s edge to see the sun come up. It was a cloudless morning with a light breeze and the beach was deserted. A special moment. The sand was freezing cold without the… Read more

 A fabulous couple of days of work and play around Gandia! The morning beach stroll was a bit breezier that usual, but still warm enough to dip our toes in. The overcast skies were not a bother as we both had plenty to be getting on with ‘in the office’!  Then later in the day… Read more

Went on a little explore today to check out a crag that looked like it might have some routes that fit our style – steep pocketed limestone slabs. There are also a load of really hard overhanging tufas, but it was the slabs that had caught our attention and we weren’t disappointed. As with a… Read more

  The blue skies of the evening had been replaced by clouds and a couple of heavy showers. No problem for us as an ‘office day’ had already been scheduled. By late afternoon though, things had cleared up enough to entice us out to the nearby cliffs above Gandia. There was not a breath of… Read more

Another day working out of the ‘Spanish Office’. But this time, instead of going for a walk on the beach after hours, we took the local train north to check out Valencia…  For a very reasonable five euros, you can take an hour train ride from Gandia to Valencia. It seemed rude not to. Outside… Read more