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Swims, Slates and Sunshine
A super day in the local neighbourhood, making the most of the afternoon sunshine. A nice way to spend my last day in North Wales, before heading to Africa tomorrow! The morning rains took until lunchtime to pass over, which gave me chance to pack my final bits of trekking kit and check the paperwork Read more
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Rock Climbing at Rhoscolyn
It was pouring with rain at The Cottage, with low clouds obscuring the views during the morning. We were just settling into a day of indoor stuff when Clare checked the weather on the island and we could barely believe the contrast! We ‘dropped tools’ and dashed to the sunshine! The contrasting weather was quite Read more
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Cottage Life
And finally the rains have arrived in North Wales! Timed superbly with my first clear ‘day off’ since what feels like arriving back from Norway. Sometimes the weather has to force a rest day and I was more than happy to enjoy a few days of Cottage quiet time, resting and re-charging. All explorations have Read more
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The Black Ladders, Western Gully, V.Diff*** (& The Pillar of Elidir)
There are a few ‘three star’ lower grade climbs around North Wales that I have yet to make an ascent of. Over the years I’ve been trying to climb all such climbs as listed in my old ‘Paul Williams’ guidebook to the area, and Western Gully is one of the remaining ‘un-ticked’ routes. Having read Read more
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Amphitheatre Buttress, (300m) V.Diff***
We unexpectedly had a few more hours free than we’d planned for today, so took the opportunity to hike up and over to Craig yr Ysfa to climb the long classic mountaineering route of Amphitheatre Buttress. Temperatures were much cooler of late, although it did stay dry. Having hiked over to the base of the Read more
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Evening Climbing in the Llanberis Pass
What a way to end a very busy day of expedition packing, unpacking, sorting, fixing and a million other little things. After finally closing down my laptop lid, I headed over to the Llanberis Pass, via a quick bite to eat with Clare at The Cottage. Matt and I had previously made plans for a Read more
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