Even with a night in the hotel at Liverpool Airport, it was still a horribly early start this morning. Breakfast was at 4am. We shuffled through the airport without incident and before we knew it, we were in Marrakesh and aiming for the mountains.  African beauocracy meant that we almost got denied entry as our Read more

Exciting times ahead! It doesn’t seem that long ago, but it’s been ten years since I last visited Africa. After a lot of planning, packing, checking and re-checking, I think we’re just about ready to go. I’m leading a group of student mountaineers up into the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Between us, we’ve whittled our Read more

Made the most of the glorious sunshine with a quick trip to Penmeanbach Quarry this afternoon. Climbed in a t-shirt, but the wind was cold. After a weekend of being inside in climbing walls, it felt great to be out in the sunshine on real rock. It’s such a good place to climb at this Read more

It’s been a relatively quiet few days, but route setting in the bouldering wall has been a lot of fun this week. I’ve been getting it ready for a climbing competition. Lots of 3D creativity required as well as a lot of ladder ascending! Pleased with the end result though. The video shows a brief Read more

Being able to stroll across the street to a nice cafe to get breakfast was a really fun and novel way to start the days tour. The skies were blue again and it was lovely and warm too. Fed, showered and rested, we loaded the bikes and set off into the city streets… It was Read more

Even though it was light at 4am, I slept soundly until seven, when the heat of the morning sun forced us out of the tent. After a slow breakfast laying outside, the thermometer inside read 33°C. Time to get moving back along the poppy-lined bike ways… We were soon past Ely and heading south along Read more