Since arriving back in Wales, we’ve now had a river swim, been in the sea and a lake dip too! There was rain on Saturday, but good conditions for some surfing, so had a real fun time as a team of five of us, surfing waves in kayaks, boards and body boards at John’s ‘Secret Read more

Back on Welsh Rock!   Had a great late afternoon re-introduction to one of the local climbing areas after a morning of meetings and indoor training. Great to be swapping stories of summer adventures while doing a few nice routes too.  And even better, it’s still t-shirt weather here! Finished off the day with a ‘Welcome Read more

‘Alpine August’ has finally come to an end and we closed the door for the last time on our little chalet home for the summer.  We were on the road by 7am and heading north in a delicious smelling car after loading up with pastries from a final visit to ‘Eric & Beatrice’, our local Read more

Making the most of our last climbing day in the alps! Another early start to beat the heat up at the Col de la Colombiere.  Did another quality 6 pitch climb, with long (40-50m) pitches. The climbing was superb and all with good belays to allow an easy way back down once we’d got as Read more

There were warning signs before we’d even left home. The descriptions on how to get to the crag varied between guidebooks and the topos of the climbs didn’t seem to quite match. However, having used a map and by reading the various descriptions, we settled on approaching from the north. The last kilometre to the Read more

While I was trekking around on the glaciers last week, Clare went to the lake for a morning swim before work and was keen to show me how good it was! It really was worth getting up and out of bed and heading straight there before everyone else turned up!  There was barely a ripple Read more