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Part 8 – The South West – rock architecture

I feel a little bit excited about this one, while every place I went to had its own charm and appeal I’d regard the South West of the UK as being up there and as a close runner up to Swanage.  I’ll skip round a few places in both Cornwall and Devon that make upContinue reading “Part 8 – The South West – rock architecture”

Part 7 – The Wye Valley – take rope

This will be the shortest section of my climbing emails, and focuses mainly on a little known area nestled on the border of Wales and England.  The River Wye (or Afon Gwy in Welsh) is the fifth-longest river in the UK.  It flows for over 200km from Plynlimon in mid Wales down the to theContinue reading “Part 7 – The Wye Valley – take rope”

Part 6 – Scotland – the long road

Scotland offers an amazing wilderness playground on an island that at times felt way to populated.  Unfortunately it was a long way from most of the places I lived and as such I didn’t get to it much.  Most of my time in Scotland was while on my deadly treadly in my youth.  I haveContinue reading “Part 6 – Scotland – the long road”

Part 5 – The Lake District – a place to live

In this part we venture further north to the Lake District.  The area was made famous in the early 1800’s by the Lake Poets, a group of English poets who all lived in the Lakes.  This group of literary people were considered part of the Romantic (Literary) Movement, which is fitting for the landscape theyContinue reading “Part 5 – The Lake District – a place to live”

Part 4 – The Peak District – learning the ropes

In truth I should have made this part 3 instead of Swanage.  The reason being that this is where I really cut my leading teeth; North Wales was where it started, the Roaches was my first lead and the Peaks is where I did most of my early learning.  The reason for going out ofContinue reading “Part 4 – The Peak District – learning the ropes”

A few nights away from it all

It’s the last weekend of the school holidays and Lisa and I booked couple of nights in a hotel in the middle of the Karri Forests just an hour and half drive from our place.   On the way we passed Nannup and dropped Elseya off at a good mate from dance, which meant that LisaContinue reading “A few nights away from it all”

Part 3 – Swanage – the bold and the beautiful

Along the south coast of the UK lies Durlston National Park Nature Reserve, a place of beauty and tranquillity. The land drops sharply into the ocean being guarded by a sheer limestone cliff, which forms a crag that has been described as feeling relatively untouched and in its natural state. As you read on youContinue reading “Part 3 – Swanage – the bold and the beautiful”