Last day of the climbing expedition that I am leading today. The flight back to Manchester wasn’t until later, so there was still time to pack in plenty of climbing action. After getting the camp packed away we opted to go to the big slab area of Poltrana – where we had climbed on our… Read more

It’s easy to see why Sport Climbing at Cala Fuili is so popular. The walk there takes only a matter of minutes and this is the view you get when you step out of the car! After working our way through a selection of the climbs at the sector below the access steps, we walked… Read more

Despite there being the threat of rain all day, we managed to climb non-stop at a sector called ‘Non-Stop’ all day! It’s a beautiful crag, perched high up above the sea, with brilliant views. We climbed every route on the crag, including a few more than once.  By late afternoon, as hands were wore out,… Read more

Just for the adventure of it, we went climbing under cover of darkness this evening at Cala Fuili.  It had been overcast all day, but the moon appeared for a bit while we were climbing. Otherwise, the only light was that from our headtorches. It was all rather exciting really.  The whole day had been… Read more

There’s been some mega ropework going on today as we decided to make a team ascent of ‘The Ridge’ above the village of Cala Gonone where we are staying. It’s the right hand side of the rock ‘amphitheater’ of Serendippo in the photo below. Multi-pitch climbing and scrambling in a pair requires quite a lot… Read more

Having despatched a small team of students with fifteen euros and instructions to return with a nutritious breakfast, this is what they returned with!  To be fair, it was a delicious start to the day, but slightly sweeter than I’m used to. Shaking with sugar overload, we jittered our way up to a crag above… Read more