Had an interesting start to the day, on my way to meeting my group of mountaineers, when we came across a cow on the loose! Did our best at herding it back towards the field then watched in surprise as it vaulted the fence! Good effort! On up Tryfan, the weather was due to deteriorate… Read more

I’ve been down in southern Snowdonia on a mini-expedition following the River Mawdach out to sea, from the old Toll Bridge at Penmeanpool. Lots of good wildlife encounters along the way and a very friendly little Robin. It rained the whole journey there, but as soon as we got hiking along the old railway, things… Read more

It’s sometimes hard to tell when to ‘get back to it’ after you’ve been unwell. The cold air was not enticing me towards getting me into a wetsuit or the ocean, but as the day brightened up, we decided we’d got enough energy to go down to the beach and at least soak up some… Read more

After arriving back in Wales, I enjoyed a couple of great days of climbing work, while Clare and the others stayed on in Yorkshire. The remainder of my weeks work came to an abrupt halt in the middle of the night on Thursday. It seemed that little Ben had given me a parting gift and… Read more

I said my farewells to the family who were staying on in Richmond and had an interesting day travelling the country using public transport – starting back where it all began around two weeks ago at Darlington Station.  A rather slow regional train got me to Leeds, where I changed trains to get to Chester.… Read more

After travelling by bike across northern England we’ve been more than happy to take it easy in the beautiful woodland retreat on the edge of the Dales near Richmond at our ‘international family meet’!  We’ve had a fantastic week of catching up with family young and old amidst some fine foods and good walks. The… Read more