Wow, it’s been a grim few days here in North Wales. We’ve had a few days now of almost constant precipitation, ranging from light drizzle to torrential hose-pipe downpours and even a bit of sleet. That in itself isn’t too unusual for this time of year, but the gale-force winds have been incredible. We scrapped Read more

Great day of grafting in the woods at Nant y Glyn with the students. Lots of brash clearing (like giving the base of the trees a hair cut), followed by great excitement when we were allowed to fell a dead tree, (under close guidance and supervision I might add!), then cut our own drink coasters Read more

We’ve been mixing a bit of Outdoor Education with a bit of local history today, on a tour of some of the Castles in the area. As part of the planning of the day, it’s been surprising just how many castles there are around here! There’s certainly plenty of history to discover. We started off Read more

It might have been quite a dull and overcast Welsh day, but there were colours all around if you looked close enough. I’ve been helping out on some woodland studies with a group of students. Around the Crafnant Valley, as well as plenty of woodlands, there are loads of old abandoned mine, with minerals and Read more

After just over twenty-four hours at The Cottage, we were unpacked, repacked and off again. This time heading south to visit family and friends in the southwest. Fine company, excellent foods and good times catching up on recent events. Even managed to squeeze in a short hike up a new summit for me on Lydeard Read more

A little selection of some of the highlights, happy times and great memories of a fantastic 2019… January 2019 Palm Tree Climbing – San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily, Italy Afon Seiont Descent Team, North Wales Elidir Fawr Summit Snow, Snowdonia, North Wales Night Ascent of ‘Banana Gully’ Y Garn, Snowdonia Rocking out in Cornwall Winter Read more