Wow. What a day. I was up in the mountains before the sun had risen to enjoy a cloudless and windless start to the day wandering around watching the colours change. It was magic. Here are a few of the scenes as I scrambled up the Minus East butress of Y Garn.  It was about Read more

With frost in the shade and t-shirt weather in the direct sunlight, it was important to be in the right place today! Conditions for our planned activities at Newbrough Beach couldn’t have been better. Not a breath of wind or cloud in the sky.  I was laying a ‘hash trail’ through the woods, that was Read more

Made an early start to get to the beach for a morning surf. Amazing cloud inversion crossing Britannia Bridge above a sea of cloud and milky water conditions, but sadly hardly any surf! Still, it was a wonderful time to be bobbing about in the sea. After calling back to The Cottage to grab a Read more

Was down at the Menai Straits first thing this morning for a spot of kayaking. Perfect conditions for a little skills refresher and play about on the chutes and waves. We paddled up to Swellie Rock, where a good flow was making a nice little wave to surf on. I’ve paddled past the marker post Read more

I’ve been on the receiving end of a VHF Radio Licence course this weekend. Two days of learning how VHF radios work and what on earth all these buttons do!  It’s been rather refreshing to be learning new things and soaking up information. I even managed to pass the final theory and practical exams too! Read more

Great day of indoor climbing with my new student expedition group. Setting the foundations for the skills that they’ll need for the week long climbing expedition they are planning for this spring/summer. It’s the first student expedition that’s more than a day or two long that I’ve got planned since Arctic Husky Sledding in Sweden Read more