I got to enjoy an amazing sunrise and sunset today. Having left home under blustery and damp air, I arrived in Llandudno just as the sun turned up.  After a morning of training behind a screen, I was back out at the beach for the best part of the afternoon with some students. I decided… Read more

I’ve been brushing up on safety and rescue techniques and generally, all things canoe based today. I was well wrapped up in fleece and in a (semi)drysuit, so even though it was mid-November, it was fine to be falling in! However, there were plenty of folk turning up and going for swims just in swimming… Read more

 There’s not a lot, but a thin dusting of snow has fallen on the higher summits today.  I was rock climbing with a group of students, so while it was still pouring down outside, we made use of the indoor wall. We had a great fun and energetic morning until the sun began to put… Read more

There wasn’t much in the way of views today down at the seaside. While the rivers were up, I didn’t quite have time to fit in a kayaking trip, so settled for a wet and windy walk along the coast instead. It’s still very mild and after a morning of online meetings, I was quite… Read more

We had a holiday from home today! Thanks to a new edition of one of the local climbing guidebooks, we were able to go climbing on a completely new cliff today. Well, the cliff is obviously pretty old, but I’d never even heard of it before, let alone been climbing on it. It was developed… Read more

A day of two halves. Daylight hours were spent on a very blustery coastal walk on Anglesey, watching the waves roll in. Where safe to do so, we stopped to watch some impressive waves crashing over the rocks. The wind was so strong that forward progress required considerable effort. Felt like we’d really had the… Read more