On a sunny still day like this, it was worth making the effort to get over to the nearby Slate quarries for our first rock routes of the year. It felt like we were in a completely different county as today as well as being sunny, it was actually warm too – up to sixteen Read more

I think everyone in North Wales has been heaving a huge sigh of  relief over the last few days. There have been no gales, no floods and not even a drop of rain. Instead all the chaos has been replaced with calm, settled weather and cloudless skies. It’s been like medicine for the soul. After Read more

A perfect morning for a ride along the North Wales cycle route. It was nippy at first when I left The Cottage at 7am, but soon warmed up into a stunner of a morning. Despite the temptation to keep pausing for photos, I only stopped once, on the bridge over to Conwy and committed the Read more

I’ve been working over in Llandudno today, so rather than rush home, I stayed an extra few minutes to enjoy the sunset from the hill. Here’s a few pics. Then as I was about to leave, behind me the sky had turned pink and the moon was rising. It doesn’t look it in this photo, Read more

Finally, calm has returned to the mountains, the skies have cleared and as the sunset, a huge moon rose into the evening sky. Walking out along the track was a real breath of fresh air. As it got dark, the moon rose higher and it soon became clear that it was going to be a Read more

A wild few days followed the blue sky time spent in the mountains the day before. The wild howled, the rain poured and the lake returned to the fields in the valley. The felt was ripped from the shed roof, the re-cycling bins made a bid for freedom and slates chippings from the drive were Read more