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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
... had made it's way around. We climbed some great routes, warming up on a couple vertical face climbs around 7a (5.11d) up to an amazing 7a+ roof with a 7c boulder problem extension (5.12d). We saw a great sunset on the hike back to the campground, had another giant meal and a few beers before turning in.
The next day it was quite cold so we went to another area nearby that was in the sun ...
An early night? Don't even think about it.
... clothes helped get us back to a state of near normality. Apart from our feet, that is. They were beginning to ache properly from all of the standing around, dancing and so on. We breakfasted on bocadillos and coffee in the bar in Hostal Nuria and sent texts to James and Tony & Kay to let them know where we were but didn't get any takers. They might still have been asleep.
Tarragona invites pointless strolling and our morning meander eventually took us outside the ...
A long arm and a long day of Santa Tecla
... on proceedings we started to get a feel for the management. Each tower has a specialised diagram and the people in charge of getting them built have a very clear idea of who does what and who goes were. Speed is important because of the huge stresses on the people on the lower levels but too much speed and stability might be sacrificed, so it is a challenge to get it all right. Although CC and JD had seen many castells over the years, this was perhaps the first time we'd gained ...
More Santa Tecla
... sun was warm and we weren't driving.
The Ajuntament front door was open, so we checked at the desk and were told that it was ok to go inside. The childrens' versions of the beasts of the Seguici Popular were on show in the first hall whilst a side room contained a huge boat thingy and an exhibition of some rather pedestrian maritime paintings by a Russian artist who had visited Tarragona recently.
JD and CC had been going on about the Donosti restaurant in ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Font De Mar Apts


