All a bit overcast in San Vito this morning, so took our time leaving the flat while the rain drops fizzled out. Walked down to the ‘Bunker’ area of cliffs, down by the sea. It felt much different with a strong breeze blowing and noisy waves crashing onto the rocks. We climbed some amazing long, Read more

Sicilian life has been very agreeable indeed. A slow paced combination of climbing, resting, eating and sleeping. Sunsets, spring flowers and new years champagne. A magical finish to a magical year and and exciting place to start 2019. Here are a few pick of the last few days and the routes we’ve climbed…. Sunset from Read more

Wow. I’ve taken a lot of photographs this year. I’ve just flicked through the 2018 files and picked out a few from each month that made me smile, to give a snapshot of where we’ve been this year, what we’ve seen and some of the things that we’ve done. It’s been varied to say the Read more

Sun flooded through the curtains and into my eyes this morning. Warmth and light; a nice way to wake up. We decided to get up and into the sunshine by taking a quick tour of the town on the bikes that are available for us to use, here at the flat. The rusty, dry chains Read more

A new crag called Valanga has been developed since our last visit here. It’s a short walk uphill from the main crags and we guessed that it would be less busy than down by the sea (who wants to walk ten minutes, when you can walk five!?). We guessed correctly and enjoyed a beautiful day Read more

Idyllic conditions for some Boxing Day cragging. Big sleep, late start, blue sky, slow breakfast, short drive, picturesque walk and 4km of sea side, quality, bolted limestone to go at.  Lots of lizards too, basking in the warmth of the sunshine and giving us the odd scare when we went to put fingers into a Read more