Continuing this months unofficial theme of always seeming to be on the move, I made it back across Ireland on Tuesday, and then the Irish Sea in time for a night at The Cottage, before getting up for a morning dip in the river with Clare on Wednesday. Even though I could have done with… Read more

It was overcast but calm for our return to Cruit Island, but the lack of blue sky was more than compensated by the appearance of a pod of dolphins in the bay! A short walk along the colourful cliff tops took us to a new climbing area, where the guidebook indicated that there would be… Read more

Gola Island is somewhere that I’d have liked to have climbed a few years ago when Clare and I spent the summer travelled around the west coast of Ireland. At the time, we never made it this far north, so it was great today to finally be making the short (about 15minutes and for €15.00… Read more

Compared to my recent travels, I could hardly claim to be travelling light on this expedition, as I waited outside The Cottage for my lift to arrive. After a pleasant crossing from Holyhead to Dublin, we travelled an hour north in the minibus to stay the night at Loughcrew where there is a 5000 year… Read more

The run of glorious weather continues in North Wales! While I’d have loved to have ventured up in to the higher mountains and climb some of the routes that are usually a bit damp, but now bone dry, time constraints and expedition planning took precedence! However, I did squeeze in a quick climb in the… Read more

I may not have mentioned this, but I’ve been completely deaf for about the last three days! My good ear seems to have an infection, which mercifully was remedied today by a few visits to the doctor! This all took rather a lot of time from the day, and by the time I’d actually done… Read more