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Isolated Surfing

Posted on March 20, 2020March 22, 2020 by Sam

The weekend before the UK gets locked down we get out to a huge empty beach and sit in the sea alone, surrounded by nothing. Except mushy waves.

And Kim goes metal detecting.

Steep Sea Cliff Climbing

Posted on February 6, 2020February 6, 2020 by Sam

I’m looking for a local crag that’s quick to get to, hard enough to train on and dry in February. Let’s check out Ram’s Tor. Those roofs don’t look that big from the coastal path, right?

I Suck at Winter Surfing

Posted on January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 by Sam

OMG the weather is amazing let’s get outside and do everything.

It’s a frozen, sunny weekend morning and the surf will be good. Unfortunately everybody else thinks the same thing, so we’ll surf further along the beach where us surfing noobs can have a bit of space. It’s not so sheltered and a lot harder to get out to the waves here. Kim has a fear of the sea yet she’s started sea kayaking and surfing and wants to get over this fear.

Sneaking Outdoors

Posted on December 22, 2019December 22, 2019 by Sam

There’s a gap in between the storms so we’re getting outside to try and get on some dry rock. It’s a familiar struggle at this time of year. To the beach!

Mewslade Bay Caves

Posted on November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 by Sam

Kim wants caves.

How I learn

Posted on October 1, 2019October 1, 2019 by Sam

A final week of summer? Early morning surfing and new (for us) crag trad climbing give examples of how I learn and how I have learnt over the last 30 years. I might not be a good example.

Grades

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Sam

More sport climbing on the sea cliffs/quarries at Rhossili and what grades mean to me as a middle aged hack.

Climbing a hole in the roof of Shelob’s lair

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Sam

Let’s go climb Shelob’s Lair on Paviland, Gower. Wales. Because it’s got a cave and a hole in the roof to climb through, and because we saw it last week from the sea when kayaking. It’s pretty high up. This should be a bit of an adventure. There are a couple of other things to do at Paviland too.

Back in the kayak around the Gower

Posted on August 31, 2019 by Sam

Finally the winds have dropped for an amazing British bank holiday weekend so we’re back out in the kayaks for a couple of paddles around the cliffs of the Gower, looking at the climbing crags from another perspective. We paddle from Port Eynon around Culver Hole, Paviland, Mewslade Bay and Giant’s Cave to Fall Bay, and then a couple of days later we go from Llangennith across to the Rhossili cliffs underneath all the climbers, cross to the Worm’s Head and out to it’s furthest point, watching the seals.

Time to travel?

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Sam

Summer is approaching fast and we haven’t planned a holiday. What shall we do?
Also Annabel is off to Scout camp so we get to go rock climbing all weekend!