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Climbing in Siurana Part 2
Caught the train from Barcelona back to Reus and was picked up by Matthieu and team Swiss, and Sasha from Russia, whom I think had been adopted in my absense. We stopped at a wine Co-op in Cornudella, bought a 5L plastic bottle of red wine, and headed back towards Siurana.
We camped in a pullout along the way to Montsant. We woke the next day to cloudy, cold and rainy weather. Luckily the area where we went to climb ...
Climbing in Siurana Part 1
... making the climbing fairly difficult. We set up camp and the crew took off climbing, while I had a rest day, recovering from the previous night/morning in Madrid. I did have dinner cooking when they returned and we had an early night.
The next day we went out climbing and it was pretty hot so we climbed in the morning in the shade and then the afternoon on the opposite side of the canyon once ...
An early night? Don't even think about it.
... Sant Fructuós, el nano
Guillem de la Guàrdia Urbana, els
Gegants del passeig Torroja, la
geganta Cristineta i el nano escolà
Magí de l’Associació de Veïns
Maria Cristina i voltants, Gegants
Espineta i Cargolí i els capgrossos
la Nineta i l’Ivori del Club dels
Tarraconins,
along with
grallers, timbalers, i
les bandes de música.
The square gets busier and noisier as more and more giants and bands arrive and the ...
A long arm and a long day of Santa Tecla
... much more relaxed. In our limited experience, members of the public are allowed in because they might come in useful at some point so again, if you're in the area and come across a session it won't hurt to ask if you can come in and watch.
At first there were a lot of small towers, giving the youngsters who are essential to the completion of the bigger castells the chance to practice their skills and balance. There was a lot of chatter and coming and going but by keeping ...



