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    A trip to the coast today to celebrate twenty-two years together! We spent the morning strolling around our local town of Novelda, enjoying the warmth of the day. An old casino building has been turned into a community space – inside (and out), was incredible and looked almost unchanged from when it was built. Someone… Read more

  • Climbing at Pẽna del Corb

    Climbing at Pẽna del Corb

    It’s hard to tell from these photos, but the wind today has been a strong one. We hoped that the crag of Pena del Corb might provide a little bit of shelter… It was still pretty blustery underneath the cliffs and looked like it might be even worse on the top of the pinnacle, but… Read more

  • Climbing at Marin, Costa Blanca, Spain

    Climbing at Marin, Costa Blanca, Spain

    Temperature change. It was zero degrees at The Cottage when we left and an astonishing plus twenty-one when we arrived in Spain later that same day. It was one of the smoothest airport travel experiences we’ve had in a while (or ever?!). Within two hours of leaving home, we’d driven to the airport, parked up,… Read more

  • Kites on Criccieth Beach

    Kites on Criccieth Beach

    We were both pretty tired from yesterday’s dancing and the previous day’s hike, so we took time not to rush things too much this morning. Cottage Pancakes gave a good start to what became a productive and social day. Sinead, Sam and Oscar were visiting from Ireland and were due to meet up with us… Read more

  • Planning and Partying

    Planning and Partying

    A wet Sunday made for perfect conditions for some expedition planning at The Cottage. Over the next five months I’ve got quite a lot of trips in the pipeline, all of which require a decent amount of planing and logistics. To counteract the time spent hunched over the computer, I had a good session in… Read more

  • A Winter Journey – Carnedd y Filiast to Ogwen Cottage

    A Winter Journey – Carnedd y Filiast to Ogwen Cottage

    Valentine’s Day with the Martins! Although I had a strong desire to have a slow start to the day, after a non-stop February thus far, the day was also set to have the best weather of the week. As well as settled weather, our combined day off also coincided with the start of half term,… Read more

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