It was already twenty degrees when we had breakfast at The Cottage and maintained the tropical feel all day. I was due to be doing some watersports with my students, but changed the plan to avoid the longish drive to the lake and instead went directly to the beach! The tide was high and there Read more

A magic evening to be able to escape out to the beach. Clare and Josie swam, but I stayed on the beach to soak up the heat after an ‘online’ kinda day and with a sore arm after an unexpected jab in the arm last night… Read more

Starting the day by finding a four leaf clover seemed like a particularly good omen for our student crossing of Llandudno. We set off from the Lifeboat station, near the Little Orme and traversed the beach along the promenard. After a damp start, the clouds were clearing and the heat from the sun felt great. Read more

Back at The Cottage and the weather is fine. Having unpacked the van and dealt with a small mountain of admin, there was time for a late afternoon climb up in the Ogwen Valley.  Conditions couldn’t have been better. The rock was bone dry, the temperature had risen in the twenties, allowing us the rare Read more

There’s not really been time or connection to be adding daily blog updates this week, while we’ve been touring the south west in our little van, so here is a short summary of a fantastic ten days on the road! After our emergency pit stop at the excellent Portishead Quarry, we moved down to Chudleigh Read more

Seems like ages ago now, but we fantastic May bank holiday weekend in Somerset with the family. An alpine start from North Wales wasn’t enough to beat the crowds on the motorway and the usual 5 hour drive turned into an 11 hour oddessy! Without air-con, we slowly melted into the seats of the van Read more