A short drive from where we are staying is the famous El Chorro Gorge. If you follow the bumpy tarmac road around the hillside, the next port of call is a small town called Valle de Abdalajis and the site of our chosen crags. The routes are all made of a limestone that has weathered… Read more

Thankfully the rain in Spain, did go mainly down the drain, but boy was there a lot of it! We woke in the night to hear it hammering down outside and pouring off the roof tops as there seems the invention of guttering has been slow to catch on here. It continued through most of… Read more

Despite the forecast predictions of a grey and wet day, we optimistically set off to our local crag – the big slabs of Turon. The drive there was easy and quick, although we did hesitate momentarily before turning off the smooth tarmac to descend the track to the nearby farm as a huge, deep looking… Read more

It was an early start, but an easy one. The hotel bed that we woke in, was only a few minutes walk to the check-in desk. With a croissant and coffee in hand, we handed over two heavy holdalls (one of which was a bit too heavy, but thankfully not so heavy that it caused… Read more

Loddington provided a very nice pre-Christmas day with the folks. Fine accommodation, good chat, food and drinks and of course a few nice strolls in the countryside, where we could discuss business while getting some fresh air. Sunset is at 15:50 at this time of year, but we got a little bit of blue sky… Read more

The needle on the barometer dropped off the scale this week. The winds blew, rain fell and snow began to settle on the mountain tops. I’ve been mostly coughing and spluttering! On Friday, the rivers filled with water, but I wasn’t able to fit in a final white water run, due to carol singing commitments!… Read more