Our winter term training continued this evening with a quick trip to Indy Wall in Anglesey. Lots of balance stuff this time rather than endurance training. And nicely finished by meeting a friend for dinner afterwards, to hear about a recent climbing expedition in Morocco. Potentially another new trip in the pipeline?….. Read more

It was a cold and wintery day. The leaves have mostly now fallen and the day barely got light. After an explore through the woodlands above Colwyn Bay, we returned to ‘Indoor Education’ for the remainder of the day. Sometimes teaching outside is more productive, but when half the class (and myself) are full of… Read more

New shapes and volumes have arrived at the wall, so spent a creative day with some students drilling, screwing and moving holds on the bouldering wall to create some new challenges and problems. I probably did more ascents of the ladder than the wall, going up and down for the drill or different holds to… Read more

Ed and I had a great time last night that involved a bit of time traveling back to the music scene of somewhere around 1996. Shed Seven’s national tour somehow found themselves in the theatre in Llandudno – one of the lesser-known/frequented rock and roll venues of the live music circuit. The singer was a… Read more

A very productive staff training evening looking at some of the latest innovations and inventions in the climbing world. Between us, we had a highly skilled and experienced body of knowledge to share ideas between and I’d also invited a fellow MIC, who talked us through the pros and cons of Edlrid’s new product called… Read more

I think today was likely to be my last day on the water in canoes of 2019. The weather has been superb, with fantastic clarity, but cold temperatures. The wind was due to pick up during the day, but we made the most of the calm morning and set off on a mini journey, with… Read more