At last, the weather, conditions and time all combined to make for a super day in the local mountains! A very excitable start to the day had us assembling ski kit from the stores in anticipation of some good times. It was minus 5 degrees Celsius at The Cottage and has stayed below freezing all… Read more

Super winter conditions in the mountains, but I’ve been on a first aid course all weekend! Typical! Still, it was good refresh the knowledge and with a great group of instructors. But I did get a new drysuit in the post ready for when all this snow melts and the rivers come up?! But for… Read more

More snow has fallen down to some quite low levels and every now and then a mega sleet/hail shower gets dropped by the passing clouds. After watching a car slide off the road on the way to work, we decided that any outdoor education activities were going to have to set out on foot from… Read more

The day started with a promising glow on the horizon. One of the bonuses of this time of year is that you don’t have to get up early to enjoy a good sunrise!   I was teaching a navigation class, when our lesson got slightly interrupted by a visit from the (enormous!), international rugby player, Scott… Read more

Very excited to have an actual physical copy of the book I’ve been working on for a while now. It’s not quite ready for full distribution yet as there are still a few little tweaks to be made, but it’s getting pretty close!  I’ll write a proper introduction as to what the Van Bivi Logbook… Read more

The summer before last, I bought some new winter climbing boots in a sale and subsequently jinxed the following winter conditions – we bare even had a frost! Since then, they’ve remained in the box, with tags still on! Today, they finally got their first outing…  There’s been a dusting of snow on the tops,… Read more