A few days of climbing and kayaking work timed nicely with a day off to celebrate my youth! There was no rush to exit The Cottage in the morning, so after waking up to pressies and cards, we had a fantastic brunch of banana and kiwi pancakes. It felt like the first real ‘wet day’… Read more

Getting back into the groove of Cottage life. Between hacking through the jungle of a garden (knee high lawns and double size hedgerows!), we been able to pop out and sample some of the local activities, such as climbing in the Llanberis slate quarry.  And checking the beach on Anglesey. We were led to believe… Read more

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