After a good nights sleep and a long and splendid breakfast in a really tranquil hotel garden, we spent the afternoon on a short hike up to a lake, not far from the French border. We had hoped for a swim but it was a bit windy and therefore quite cool.  There’s not a great… Read more

The sound of thunder working its way up the valley kept me awake last night. In the morning the skies were black, so we hurried to get the tent down before the approaching rain arrived. Breakfast was served in the comfort of the van while the ‘weather’ passed. As it turned out, the ‘weather’ literally… Read more

As some of you know, over the last year, I’ve been testing various items of Outdoor Equipment from British Outdoor Firm ‘Rab’ as part of their partnership with the Association of Mountaineering Instuctors (AMI).  Today they released a new video that features a few fellow instructors. Having used a good range of their waterproofs, down… Read more

We tried in vain to find a path up to the sector called ‘Formigaz’ this morning up al Cavallers.  Like a few of the places in the Pyrenees, I don’t think many climbers are visiting certain areas. However, there are plenty of cliffs at Cavallers that are easy to get to, so we changed plans… Read more

Back on the rock again today and despite the rest, we were still pretty achy to start with. The Val de Boí is home to the granite cliffs of Cavallers. In one direction is a wide open valley… …and in the other, there’s an enormous dam! It actually felt a bit spooky walking underneath it.… Read more

After our recent adventures in the mountains, we needed a bit of time to rest and recover. We’ve stayed a couple of nights in the town of Sabiñánigo (for no other reason than there was a cheap hotel there!). Using it as a base, we went up for a gentle look around the town of… Read more