Another belter of a February day! Almost too hot to climb! We returned to the ease of climbing and proximity at Marin Crag. It’s worth noting that the also excellent crags at Sax, (where we’d climbed on previous trips), climbing is now currently banned due to a land ownership change/dispute. We climbed a nice little… Read more

The guidebook said that the cliff at Reconco, faces south, gets all the sun going and there is nowhere to hide from it! It was right! It’s an amazing sweep of steep limestone that’s just off vertical and with tiny pockets and scoops to hang onto. There is one tree (an Olive, not an Almond… Read more

An unhurried day of climbing, sunshine and sightseeing. It was lunch time by the time we arrived at the col that leads to the crag of Marin. The views were so good and the temperature agreeable, that we sat on top for another hour just chatting, eating and looking at the view. There was no… Read more

A trip to the coast today to celebrate twenty-two years together! We spent the morning strolling around our local town of Novelda, enjoying the warmth of the day. An old casino building has been turned into a community space – inside (and out), was incredible and looked almost unchanged from when it was built. Someone… Read more