It’s been a nice few days outdoors, with dry weather remaining, even if the temperatures are starting to dip.

I’ve got a new group of students who are planning a hiking expedition for next summer. Day one of the training was all about getting to know each other and hearing about their aspirations while taking a good circular hike up above Abergreigregan.

The Saturday saw me up on the cliffs above the A55. It was just warm enough still be be climbign outdoors, despite some of the students wanting to head to the indoor wall!

In the end, we all agreed it was a nice day to be out, and as well as climbing some of the single-pitch routes at Oak Tree Crag, the students’ enthusiasm took them over to the bigger nearby cliff where we completed a three-pitch climb. Brilliant. I even got told by one student, that ‘I’d made a good decision by insisting we went outdoors’! Ha ha!