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Go bouldering, find an ancient way of making wine
Transport yourself to the chestnut forests of Southern Tuscany, on the slopes and valleys around a long-silent volcano, Monte Amiata, not far from the old pilgrim's path to Rome, the Via Francigena. Walking in the woods you will come across oddly shaped boulders, remnants of volcanic rock spewed out in a former era.
And if - like me - you can't resist a bit of climbing or, in this case, bouldering, you try out some of the boulders for size. The rock is rough, trachyte, eas
Simon
Sep 193 min read
The hardest, the most wanted - the In Pinn
Which comes first? The simple joy of the peak or the compulsion to notch up more 3,000 footers? The Inaccessible Pinnacle on Skye is...
Simon
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A Giant Catamaran of Rocks
Cratcliffe Tor. Two sheer-sided prows and, on the deck above, a Zen garden of boulders.
Simon
Nov 19, 20243 min read
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