There’s been a tiny bit of snow upon the mountains over the last couple of days. With so much time spent at indoor climbing walls over the last couple of weeks it’s felt like a while since I gave my legs a good hike. There looked to be a few dry daylight hours, so we… Read more

We went on a bit of a hunt today to explore a bit of the Anglesey Coastal path that we’d never walked and search for the remains of a shipwreck. The weather in the mountains has been pretty damp, but a weather window looked open over a small section of the Anglesey coast. It was… Read more

Another fantastic day spent working in the woods above the Conwy Valley, as part of a John Muir conservation project that I am involved with.  Inbetween some chopping, lopping and clearing, I was in charge of keeping the ‘Kelly Kettles’ topped up with warm water to keep the students hydrated.  We put up a variety… Read more

Although the mountains remain a bit murky and cloud covered, the sunshine state of Anglesey gave us a good dose of vitamin D today. Although the temperatures were much lower than the photos suggest!  I took some students on a circular walk from Moelfre and along the coastal path. The sunshine felt great, but the… Read more

The clouds might have been low over the past few days, but the temperatures have been in double figures at The Cottage. In the garden, there are some bursts of colour appearing again… Read more

No exciting photos for the blog this week as I’ve spent the last five days teaching, coaching, instructing and climbing at a series of climbing walls around North Wales. I’ve been with several different types of groups as well as with friends, just for fun.   There’s been plenty of theory work, looking at different knots,… Read more