It’s been a ‘low light’ kind of day today. Not good for photographs, but light winds and dry skies meant that a bike ride was on the cards. The coming week looks set to be a particularly wet one, so I was keen to get out and see a different view while we could. Linking… Read more

We had a really good start to the day here. The skies turned all sorts of colours and eventually the light revealed a proper frosty morning. A welcome change following a few dark wet days. It feels like years since we had a thick frost like this. It actually kept getting colder here as the… Read more

After a massive rise in temperatures and 30mm rain passing over North Wales, this morning the skies cleared to reveal a different view. The slopes that we’d skied had been all but stripped of snow. However, on the plus side, the sunshine felt like spring and the air clarity was superb. The air was crystal… Read more

Low clouds were covering all the tops this morning and a band of warm air was approaching off the Atlantic. If we wanted to get the most of the snowy slopes, we were going to have to get out early. No precipitation was forecast until midday, but as we stepped out of the back door,… Read more

Today was a corker. One for filing away in the memory banks. The kind of day that only comes along every now and then. The kind of day that provides maximum amounts of fun, challenge, connection, adventure and leaves you in a delirious state of happy exhaustion at the end of the day. It was… Read more

The mountains above The Cottage continue to be buried in fresh fluffy snow and although it feels more Spring-like in the valley today, the surrounding summits have taken on a Himalayan feel.  Unfortunately, I have been computer bound all day, but did nip up the road to stand in the sunshine for a few minutes… Read more