Alberto Rampini on Right Angle (HS 4b), Gurnard’s Head. Photo: Sean Kelly.
Forget Glastonbury, the real action is further west at the BMC Cornish Climbing & Walking Festival from 26 – 28 June.
We’re back at the Climbers’ Club superb hut, The Count House at Bosigran, in the heart of the best granite sea cliff climbing in the country. Last year’s festival was brilliant. This year’s will be even better but places are limited so pre-booking is essential via the BMC website …
Quality climbing
Headlining again are the famous trio of Bosigran, Sennen and Chair Ladder, not forgetting supporting acts of the highest quality such as Carn Barra, Land’s End or St Loys on the granite and Kenidjack or Gurnard’s Head for the true greenstone and killas experience. There’s a great new band of crags nearby on The Lizard with superb routes right across the grades and manager/guidebook author David Hope on site to point you in the right direction.
Wonderful walking
Sharing top billing for the first time this year is the magnificent South West Coast Path only a couple of minutes’ walk from the venue. But for walkers there is much more on offer with ancient moorland paths that link landmarks such as the Ding Dong Mine, the mysterious Men an Tol and Lanyon Quoit as well as the Iron Age village of Porthmeor. A National Trust Ranger will be leading a walk to explore these and other secret places along the coast and across the Penwith moors.
Last year we had a good turnout from CC members, and half the bookings so far are CC.