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Old photo from La Soufriere, St Vincent

February 02, 2015

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View over the Soufriere crater

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Beautiful coastal bouldering in South West UK

On my birthday there was only one place I really wanted to go bouldering; Ladye Bay. Mostly I wanted to get on an epic line called the Darkest Hour (F7B+) and repeat one of my favourite problems down there named Highwayman (F7A+), but I also enjoyed the weather and amazing location to take a few photos on the day. Ladye Bay near Clevedon in North Somerset has a brilliant mix of problems, from F5 to around F7C, but with a leaning towards the mid to high grades. The tidal bay has two main sectors which get sun and shade at different times of day so it can be ideal on a really hot day as you'll always find somewhere to climb. The tidal range and speed of change is remarkable here, and I've seen people barbecuing on the beach lose their entire dinner to the shifting tide. Luckily most of the bouldering stays dry expect at unusually high tides - although we were racing to all get Doughnut Frenzy finished before the tide swept into the little cave it starts in! Pulling hard

The Rhinog Traverse, North Wales

It’s been a while since I posted about a walk on here. It’s not for lack of days out. It’s just that I’ve been trying to write the tale of my Cuillin Ridge traverse and struggling to get it to a reasonable length (unlike the walk itself). It’s going to be a tale of disappointment and joy. Pain, exhaustion and seafood. And camping. But having written just about the experience so far it’s something like the length of a short novel. And you don’t want that. In the meantime I thought I’d share a shorter tale of a longer walk I did a few weeks after the Cuillins. Welcome to the Rhinogs! Or Rhinogau. Or whatever you want to call this remote, lesser visited corner of north Wales sandwiched between the more famous regions of Nantlle and Cadair Idris. I’d been looking into traversing the secretive Rhinogs for a while, and found there’s a lack of useful information on the internet apart from a couple of walk reports on Walkhighlands, next to nothing in any of my books, and so I just bou

Cadair Idris, the western Hewitts and not climbing the Crfrwy Arete

A tale of over-ambition, wild camping and not-climbing. Something about this trip led me to question my motivations for being in the hills, how and why I set my objectives and how I can plan better in the future. Sat at the wild camp on Saturday night gave me a long and peaceful time to reflect on the day’s adventures which I wouldn’t otherwise get – normally it’s back in the car and a long, exhausting drive home. This time it was watching the sun go down, having a bit of rum, exploring the nearby moraines and checking out potential climbs. And a lot of sitting and chatting. In a nutshell the plan for the weekend was; a two day walk with a wild camp that included all 6 Hewitts around Cadair Idris plus climb Table Direct and the Crfwry Arete. That sounds pretty straightforward on paper. In real life it was spectacularly over-ambitious. Just setting out with enough gear for a soggy weekend at the beginning of April including a tent, dry clothes, food, a rack of gear, ropes a

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Old photo from La Soufriere, St Vincent

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