Had a quick trip around the Marine Drive on the Great Orme in search of some adventures today… There are still seals pupping in the little cove that I wanted to go to, but we found a different kind of adventure in the form of a hole in the ground! From two new looking bolt… Read more

In a last minute change of plans I decided to not take my group of students on the planned valley hike and instead go up the south ridge of Tryfan. They were keen for a challenge and the conditions in the mountains were as good as the could be for some scrambling. The nippy northerly… Read more

Big Spring tides meant that there were waves to be surfed on the incoming tide in the Menai Straits. It’s the first morning in ages not to be a full blue sky – typical as we had to make a 6am start in the gloom to catch the tide. Anyway, even though it was a… Read more

While we couldn’t make it to catch the big waves of the weekend, there were still a few fun ones left over first thing on Monday morning for us to enjoy. As well as being a stunning morning, we had the entire beach to ourselves – a kayaker (Aled), a surfer (me) and a bodyboarder… Read more

After a day out paddle boarding with some students, we decided that an evening in The Cottage gardens was required. It’s been a fabulous run of settled weather, but am in danger of exhausting ourselves! Instead of racing out on another evening climb, we kicked back in the evening sunlight. Nice times…  Read more

Maxed out on the available daylight hours today with another evening ascent of Idwal Slabs. I was very keen to do the East Wall Girdle as the conditions are so dry at the moment, but after a day of bushcraft skills in the forest, then home for a bite to eat, time was not on… Read more