Wow, seven years have now passed since we got married on Anglesey. Fine barista coffees were served up at The Cottage Cafe after an incredible cooked brunch. And then, as has become a theme in recent weeks, set off to explore a different footpath. The trolls must have been in isolation here too as we… Read more

Strangely, the busiest traffic has switched from the roads to the cycle paths. To remain in isolation and exercise, we took the main road up the valley – something I’d never normally consider as I’d be too worried about the traffic. It was a surreal experience. The views were different on a bike than from… Read more

Having never really spent much time locally during the holiday around here, we are taking the opportunity to do a bit of exploring from the front door. Having studied the local Ordnance Survey map, it reveled a network of footpaths; most of which we’d never really noticed before. So we set off to try out… Read more

The trouble with riding a bike around here is that you are never far from having to peddle uphill. For today’s ‘daily exercise’ away from The Cottage, we rode straight up the hill behind us. It was far from ideal in terms of having a warm-up, but did give us plenty of exercise and some… Read more

All mountain activities have ceased for the time being so I’ve been spending a good deal of time over the last week devising online Outdoor Education activities for my students. Here in Wales, we are still allowed out to exercise once a day as long as it’s to and from our front door (i.e: you… Read more

With more reports of overcrowding in the National Park, we set off from The Cottage on a route we were pretty sure would not be overrun. We certainly saw more wild horses than people. We headed out onto a peak that we’ve only been on once or twice before and took in several others along… Read more