The extraordinary travel, socials, work and learning that this year has started off with all caught up with me a bit today! It was a warm and overcast day, but energy levels were critically low. Stayed close to The Cottage sorting out kit and admin and generally taking things easy and delighting in being home!… Read more

There’s not been many winters around here when I’ve not made an ascent or two of Broad Gully in Cwm Lloer. The winter conditions were beginning to thaw as we headed up with some keen students, but with several plans in mind, it looked like we might just be in luck. Higher up in the… Read more

Had just enough time to get some much needed sleep in my own bed before getting back out into a new day – and a snowy one at that! It was a beautiful day, but while Clare went off to enjoy the local snowy mountains, I took my rock climbing group on a day trip… Read more

The last few days have flown by in a blur or training, conferencing, meetings and discussions about all things educational in the outdoors at the national ‘Heads of Outdoor Education Centres’ Conference. Typically, it’s been glorious while I’ve been stuck inside! In an afternoon break between talks, I did jump in the car with a… Read more

It was a long way to go for breakfast, but an early start from a dark and frosty Somerset, saw me down at the beach in Millendreath in time for a porridge session with Wally. Further down the country, Cornwall was waking up to a good covering of snow, but I was lucky with the… Read more

After a full seven days back at The Cottage, we’re back on the road again! After a weekend of teaching climbing indoors, Clare and I drove south through the dark on Sunday night and woke to a beautiful day in Ilton. Having got the drive over the night before, we enjoyed a day catching up… Read more