We’ve now been swimming every day for the last week – and not a wetsuit in sight!  The temperatures are maxing out today and due to take a nosedive, so we enjoyed a final dunk in the big pool, where we swam laps of the pool as the skies began to cloud over for the… Read more

The incredible Welsh weather has continued and it was too hot to eat out breakfast outside in the laneways. Instead, we had to move into the shade! Inside The Cottage, it’s hotter than it’s ever been – even in the depths of winter with the heating on full blast. Windows are wide open and all… Read more

Went for our first rock climb for as long as I can remember today – using biking and hiking as our transport to and from the cliffs. It’s only a fifteen-minute blast up the valley on the bike, then a blistering forty-five minutes of uphill sweating to reach the base of our chosen climb on… Read more

Decided to go on a proper ‘local’ mission, on foot from the front door. With a bit of effort and an earlyish start, we decided that Carnedd Daffydd, was within reach. It felt like an alpine trek as we followed the dry dusty footpath through the woods, in the cool (22 degrees) of the early… Read more

There was online work to be done today, and a justified need for a day of ‘not working our bodies too hard’ after yesterday’s’ expedition’ to the beach! The weather is still utterly fantastic. We both had plenty of work to do around The Cottage, but mostly kept in the shade, with low physical activity… Read more

Simply incredible Welsh temperature today! The sea is a long way off from here by bike, but the conditions seemed to justify the effort involved in going for a swim in the sea. We followed a few lambs as we left The Cottage along the hot and dusty lanes. It was pleasant, mostly downhill riding… Read more