With a pretty dismal looking local forecast, and with no urgent commitments that needed dealing with, Clare and I decided to leave tow mountains, and head to ‘the city’ for change of scenery. On the drive out, we stretched our legs with a walk along the promenade At Penmaenmawr and to view the ‘fish’ art.… Read more

The Northern lights have been over The Cottage this week! We could see them between the clouds pretty well, but this was the best effort my camera could pick out. All in all, it’s been a bit of a low cloud, low energy kind of week, with not much to report, as I’ve been a… Read more

There’s been a big thaw and a night of heavy rain has stripped away the snow. Up on the tops, the summits are speckled with white remnants of snow. I had a pretty good idea of where I’d be able to find some reasonably sized snow patches to work with my students, but it was… Read more

A total change of scene today! I’ve exchanged mountain snowdrifts for beach side sand dunes! And some magical forest to be working in with students. After a few days of footprints in the snow, this time we were making them in the sand. After a wet start, it turned into a stunner of a day.… Read more

An absolute stunner of a day back in the Welsh mountains today! As you might guess from the shadow, I was on Tryfan today! Things started off well as we climbed the classic North Ridge, with super views and incredible air clarity. Unfortunately, the freezing level was lower than I’d anticipated, so from the base… Read more