One of the positives from the local lockdown in Conwy County is that we’ve been looking up new venues to use that involve less travel. The woods above Llandudno junction provided a good venue for some Orienteering today, with the added bonus of some nice views over to Conwy Mountain.  Once we’d done the course Read more

It was raining during the morning and raining again by late afternoon, but in the time between, we managed to climb a couple of route on dry rock! Good old Castle Inn Quarry dried off quickly in the breeze and fleeting sunshine. The main wall was still out of bounds and fenced off due to Read more

 The mountains have been a very wet place over the last couple of days and while the rain was pouring down at The Cottage, I had little inclination to load up any kayaking kit and get on a river. In a bid to see a new view and the chance of some blue skies, we Read more

 Incredible as it might seem, until today, I’d never actually been to the summit of the Little Orme! At a height of 141m above sea level, it provided the perfect viewpoint to search for the ‘geographically misplaced’ group of Duke of Edinburgh’s Award students that I was trying to locate. It was a truly wild Read more

Having still found to clarity on the rues regarding the local lockdown restrictions, we decided to stay ‘in-county’ today for our canoe trip. The high lake of Llyn Gerionydd, wouldn’t have been my number once choice, but given the geographic restrictions, it seemed like the best option. The group did really well, powering up into Read more

With a certain amount of wheel spinning and high revs, we got the minibus high up into the Carneddau today. The temperatures have started to drop and without direct sunlight, it was rather nippy up in the mountains. It was my first full day out in the mountains with a group since the start of Read more