Not ideal May conditions to be cycling and exploring mountain gorges in! All weather has arrived at once!  Even at The Cottage we had few mornings of frost and hail storms. On the bike road to Llandudno in the morning, to my surprise, the road was white with snow and hail! And great patches of… Read more

With fresh snow on the mountain tops, strong winds, dark clouds and frequent showers, we drove out of the mountains in search of better things!  And found them at Rhoscolyn! We’ve been climbing here plenty of times, just north of the bay, but never walked the coastal path to the south. Today seemed a good… Read more

Wow, we really had all the weather today! 30mm of rain fell during the morning along with gale force winds. We had to nip along the valley, which made for an exciting afternoon out! Water was pouring off the mountainsides as the ground must be quite hard after a month with no precipitation. When not… Read more

The threat of rain was in the air all day, but never really materialised. We’d been staying in Llandudno, so instead of retuning to the mountains (which had very ominous dark clouds above them), we went climbing near Colwyn Bay. We worked our way along the cliff, climbing nine routes, before decided to head home,… Read more

We took the paddleboards over to the lake today for a float about. It turned quite windy, so our planned journey was cut short as it was too difficult to paddle into the wind. Leaving the boards on a small beach area, we turned our attentions to tree climbing and found a super branch to… Read more

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