A couple of weeks back I went on a climbing trip with a few friends to the Anti-Atlas mountains, in Morocco. We stayed at the Kasbah-Tizourgane, a village-fortress from the 13th century which has been turned into a guest house - an amazing location!

I had wanted to visit Morocco for several years, having been told stories about endless views of Arapiles-quality quartzite. There is certainly an enormous quantity of rock in the anti-atlas, although the quality is quite variable - it’s definitely an adventure trad destination.

While I had a great time climbing with Juilan, Mick and Roger, for me the best part of this trip was simply being able to spend time in such a quiet, relaxed and friendly part of the world. Friendly people, an almost complete absence of cars, goats in trees (thanks to Julian for that picture) .. and loads of great climbing. What more could you ask for?