It’s been a while since I’ve been up to the hills behind Aber Falls, but given the wet forecast inland, it looked like a decent bet for staying dry with the group of students that I was working with. That was until one of them fell in the river fully clothed.  Soon enough the whole… Read more

Had a very odorous orienteering session today as the woods were carpeted in wild garlic! As well as finding the orienteering markers, I also came across this little door! We could only wonder what or how might be inside?…. Also saw plenty of orchids in bloom too. Read more

Wow, it feels like we did (or at least tried) to do everything today! Wet and stormy weather was approaching, but the forecasts didn’t quite get it right, which thwarted a few attempts to climb. The promise of early morning sunshine was enough to get us up early enough to be walking into the far… Read more

Strong southerly winds meant that a sheltered North Facing crag was required today. Once again, we were just on the edge of the weather and even though a shower blew through on arrival, the rock dried up quickly after. We didn’t have the guidebook with us, so were just trying to puzzle things out on… Read more

After a day in the drizzle, canoeing across a very windy Llyn Padarn, it seemed to be brightening up enough to go climbing in the slate quarry. We met a friend in the evening and walked in feeling optimistic, but once we got to the base of the climb in the Australia Area, a pulse… Read more

Just out of the mountains the weather was scorching! T-Shirts and suncream, while inland the hailstones kept falling. Conwy slab provided good shelter, good climbing and a grand day out with some students. Later in the evening, the slopes of Carnedd y Filiast remained in the sunshine, so we took a walk up for the… Read more