The Mountain Lifestyle Blog

  • 2019 – A Year in Photos

    A little selection of some of the highlights, happy times and great memories of a fantastic 2019… January 2019 Palm Tree Climbing – San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily, Italy Afon Seiont Descent Team, North Wales Elidir Fawr Summit Snow, Snowdonia, North Wales Night Ascent of ‘Banana Gully’ Y Garn, Snowdonia Rocking out in Cornwall Winter… Read more

  • Heads under or it doesn't count – New Years Eve Swims

    Went on another little mission to find a New Year’s Eve swimming spot today. It was still pretty windy, so checked the map and forecast, to work out where the best places might be. Opted for the secluded beach of Canuelo. About a kilometer along a small track led us to the beautiful empty beach.… Read more

  • Tarifa – City of the Wind

    Our last chance for a surf today and although we already knew it would be too windy, we went down to the beaches of Tarifa just to be sure… Again, it was another delightfully bright day, but the wind was way too strong. But on the plus side, we got to explore around Tarifa and… Read more

  • Searching for Claudia's Baths

    The initial plan was to go surfing on this Atlantic stretch of wild coastline. But as is the way with planning any surf trip, unfortunately, you can’t pre-order the conditions. Slightly frustratingly, the conditions had been great last week. We almost had everything we needed. We still had the blue skies, warm temperatures, a nice… Read more

  • Spanish Gritstone – Climbing at San Bartolo (and the drama of Spanish Accommodation)

    When you’re away from home as much as we are, it’s no surprise that we’ve slept through a full range of accommodation experiences. Some good, others less so. I don’t know what it is about Spain, or more particularly, Spain at New Year, but of the three trips I’ve had here over the years, during… Read more

  • To Cadiz and the Coast

    Said our farewells to Ronda and set of westwards to the coast. Time passed by quickly and we were soon on the Atlantic coast looking out to sea. We parked up at the station and set off on foot into the old city to see what we could see. There are some pretty ornate buildings… Read more

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