Ash has been absent from my posts for a while, and for good reason. He has been a bit of a national and global trotter, but is now back in the sleepy south west of Western Australia for a bit. Some months before he reached the shores of this island, he had reached out andContinue reading “Averting a mid-wall crisis”
Category Archives: Climbing away from home
Quality over quantity
Our 2006 Roads and Tracks Road Map of Western Australia, prepared by a potentially dodgy publisher on the basis that the contact for them was a ‘bigpond’ email address was once again misleading. The road names had potentially changed or swapped in places, and many of the dirt roads were shown as sealed and viceContinue reading “Quality over quantity”
The fifth elephant
In the fictional world created by Terry Pratchett, the Discworld is held up by four giant elephants that in turn stand on top of the giant star turtle, as it travels through space. The fifth elephant is said to have crashed into the Discworld at the beginning of time, leaving a wealth of treasures. ThisContinue reading “The fifth elephant”
Back to basics
It has been a long time coming but I finally took up Mario’s offer to crash at Jena and his place for a night in Perth. Why has it taken this long, well there is no particular reason. Maybe in part because it is only two and half hours each way to most of theContinue reading “Back to basics”
A glowing report
The same four of us who rolled south to Peaceful Bay just a couple of month back were back in the car heading south this weekend. Not quite so far this time, and not even intending to hit the true south coast. It was a very lazy start, allowing us to pick up a mid-morningContinue reading “A glowing report”
Shattered
It is unusual for me to have two back to back weekend trips away, but that is how things landed. Last weekend a very overdue jaunt down south to catch up with Kym and his family, and this weekend was the one that suited Rongy best for a getaway. Although the idea for this destinationContinue reading “Shattered”
The Traditionalist
For several months Kym has been frothing about a trip up into the Stirling’s to climb the huge walls that Howsie, Dazza and I passed underneath when we hiked the Ridge Walk. To see where I mean you’ll have to dip into my previous post, of that most epic of hikes, https://sandbagged.blog/2021/11/28/a-most-unexpected-journey/. The cliffs areContinue reading “The Traditionalist”
A curly question
Even with the best of intentions and early planning, things can unravel. We started planning several months back and the original plan for me to catch up with Kym and hit some south coast granite, picking the weekend such that it aligned with Rongy and Craig’s shifts. Kym and then only a week out RongyContinue reading “A curly question”
Time to head back
It has been over two and half years since I have been back to the UK. My last trip was cut short and I only stayed for three days, leaving on 27 Feb 2000 due to COVID wreaking havoc. The papers were giving daily reports of seemingly exponentially escalating cases in Italy, and the worldContinue reading “Time to head back”
Changing times
This post is a bit long and I did consider splitting it into three, but the fingers kept typing and it seemed to flow so well I’ve left it as one big read. I have however included a sub-heading to distinguish the three sections, so it makes it easier to digest in stages so youContinue reading “Changing times”
Sandbagged 