Some impressively heavy rain showers, followed by bright sunshine have been the theme of the day!  Despite thinking that I’d gone to the sunniest place in Snowdonia, I arrived with my group to find the rain hosing down! We sat in the bus, had a snack and waited for the worst to pass in order… Read more

This time last week, there was fresh snow on the hills and a baltic wind when we went of a surf. It was just as windy today, but Spring has now arrived on a much warmer southerly gale! There’s a little bay on Anglesey, that works perfectly in such conditions, so we left the Cottage… Read more

A pretty dark and stormy start to the day at The Cottage. Lots of wild goats roaming the slate heaps and knocking boulders down on to the track, with livened up our morning stroll!  The mountains were full of drizzle and cloud, so we turned our attention to the coast for some mellow sport climbing… Read more

A superb day of climbing work today, making an ascent of the classic climb “Flying Buttress” on Dinas Cromlech. A three star route that is not only one of the most famous in Wales, but the whole of the UK at the grade. It’s one of Ken Wilson’s ‘Classic Rock’ Climbs of the UK and… Read more

A nice few days spent on the edge of the mountains, where the weather stayed (mostly) dry. Thursday was spent on a hike along the North Wales Coast path. I was with some students who were doing it in preparation for an un accompanied expedition after Easter. While I was waiting for the group at… Read more

Tonight was the opening night of my ‘one date world book tour’ – Speaking live at the Plas y Brenin, The National Mountain Centre. I was invited to give a talk about the Van Bivi Logbook to start the Spring series of weekly evening lectures. Thankfully, everyone in the audience laughed in all the right places,… Read more