A blustery, damp cold afternoon in the mountains, but marginally better on the coast! With a new local climbing guidebook in hand, we went to Pen Mountain to see if any of the newer climbs there looked worth a  visit once the weather warms back up. We had done a route there years ago, but… Read more

A scan of the weather charts showed that there would be some blue skies over on Anglesey – so that’s where we headed for the day. It’s the first time we been out on the bikes for a while and having found a new trail to explore, it felt like we were off on a… Read more

After a fabulous day of socially distanced festive celebrations, including a mega breakfast of fresh pastries and a ‘take-away’ Christmas dinner, I got a text from Dave asking if I fancied going winter climbing? It seemed ridiculously optimistic, given the forecast, conditions and current valley temperatures of 9 degrees. However, we decided that a walk… Read more

When I was encouraging my group of students to ‘get stuck in’ to the challenge of an exploratory hike up, over, and around the magnificent miniature mountain of Moel y Ci, they quite literally did as I asked…  Between the (easily avoidable, yet compellingly attractive) deep mud pools, we hiked around the base of the… Read more

It’s been a busy indoor day today with way too much time spent in front of my laptop, but I still had time to stop and appreciate this stunner of a sunrise over Llandudno.  Read more

Pretty much every winter in North Wales, I make an ascent of Banana Gully on the East face of Y Garn. It’s one of the closest winter routes to The Cottage and seems to take on a different appearance each time I climb it. Having spoken to a friend yesterday who had been on a… Read more