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

Two more days of classic rock climbing in the Ogwen Valley with some great students have given two more memorable days out. We started up at Llyn Idwal for a team ascent of Idwal Slabs. We climbed as two teams, pretty much side by side, to allow for and enjoyable and social ascent. Some of… Read more

Usually at this time of year, I’d be away on a rock climbing expedition somewhere in Europe. Sardinia, Switzerland, Italy, France were pretty regular venues, but this year my students and I are on a rock tour of North Wales! We might not be getting the excitement of the travel and overnight experience, but we… Read more