After seeing in the New Year through The Cottage skylights as a volley of fireworks echoed down the valley, we were back up again well before the sun to seek out our first adventure of the year. Headtorches guided our way into the New Year to begin before the dawn finally broke as we skinned… Read more

Snow has fallen right down to the valley, which added some extra challenges to my anticipated start to the day; Ski touring using the ebike as my uplift! I set out from The Cottage under cover of darkness on the bike which is very definitely not designed for travel through snow and ice. At the… Read more

We set off to discover some more deserted back roads today. A ‘short explore’ turned into a pretty major day with some sweat-producing climbs, but at least with the reward of some long gratifying downhills. Passed through some incredible woodland with big firs and pines. As we descended one hill, we disappeared into a bank… Read more

It’s been a full whiteout on the mountain tops for the past couple of days and plenty of snow has been put down in amongst the low cloud. Up on the summits, I needed my map and compass to be able to navigate safely from the summit. It’s been a while since I had to… Read more

 Got woken up by hail and sleet stacking up on the skylight after a hibernation length sleep. The barometer has dropped off the scale and the storm had passed while we were sleeping. After a morning run along the river, I also joined Nick & Rich on a dog walk in the woods, but other… Read more

  Spent Boxing Day relaxing at The Cottage. The snow on the tops has started to melt a little and the day remained damp and overcast. Thanks to Jenny, we could keep in the festive spirit over lunch. During the afternoon, as the next storm made it’s way across North Wales we had a superb… Read more