Even without the influx of tourists, we decided to keep a low profile on Bank Holiday Monday. We had a nice day in The Cottage garden, tinkering with fixing things and having an attempt at ‘gardening’. As the sun started to dip, we took a short hike up the hill behind the house as it… Read more

I unearthed this short story earlier today from a wild climbing trip across Eastern Europe back in 2010: Piatra Mare, Rarau Mountains, Romania ‘Ah yes’ said the overall clad man, with a comforting air of confidence. Wiping the grease off the back of his hand and onto his forehead, he continued with a heavy accent,… Read more

Staying at home is a new experience for us in more ways than one. Although we’ve lived at The Cottage for over ten years now, we’ve never actually spent any time here during the holidays. We’ve always considered it a sort of Basecamp from where we can launch expeditions from. Every Easter holiday we’ve ever… Read more

With the time and inclination to explore locally, we are still being surprised by the different paths and views we can find from the front door. Even during our period of exercise today, we saw completely new views, followed new paths and didn’t come across a single other person. Given the temperatures and exertion of… Read more

More colours are appearing each day at The Cottage and the first ‘Bell’ of this year’s Bluebells has dropped into place. The sycamore is unfurling it’s leaves And there’s colour in among the greens of the grass. We set ourselves a time trail challenge for our daily exercise. Up the old road to Ogwen and… Read more

The daily routine of a slow walk around the garden continues to bring new discoveries and fresh colours. More map examination revealed a link-up of some small back roads, that could lead us down to the coast, without passing any residential areas. We went exploring by bike. This time the tide was high and the… Read more