While the main mountains of Snowdonia are feeling the wrath of winter’s last gasp, we’ve decided to stay put at the coast, where the temperatures are much barmier for a rest day of sorts. From our pad, it’s only a few minutes walk down to Nefyn beach, so after a bit of laptop work, we… Read more

We said our farewells to the beach at Barmouth this morning and began to meander our way back north along the west coast of Wales. After an accidental turn up a very steep hill, so wheel spins and high revs landed us outside Harlech Castle.  And then, after a bright and breezy start, the first… Read more

With only a two minute walk to the beach, we decided that we should take a stroll before breakfast on the deserted expanse of sand and sky. A magic way to start the day, even if the wind was icy cold. After getting our stuff together, we set off up to the slabs above the… Read more

The weather, conditions and our location all came together today for us to be able to climb a route that I’ve wanted to do for many years. I have nearly climbed all the routes that I am able to in my original ‘Rock Climbs in Snowdonia’  Guidebook by Paul Williams, but this one had eluded… Read more

Took ourselves on a tour of the Elan Valely and surrounding area today, to check out some of the sights and a few more of the climbs. This time, we parked above the dam, to prevent being locked into the car park which shuts at 5pm. We climbed until the sun went down behind the… Read more

Our final day on the edge of the Black Mountains started off again with some garden appreciation, even though the temperatures have started to drop back to the usual April ones. We stayed as long as we could, listening to the birds and soaking up the suns rays, before packing up the van and heading… Read more