I’ve been away for the last few days on the Isle of Anglesey with a group of students who were taking part in a mini-expedition. More specifically, I’ve been on Holy Island, where we made a two day, east coast to west coast crossing, via the highest point – Holyhead Mountain. At only a meager… Read more

Thankfully, the main storm has passed and we were able to get some dry shelter in the dense woods near Llyn Crafnant for a bit of forest fun with some of my younger students. At least with a good campfire on the go, it gave a good excuse to brew up some tea and keep… Read more

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