After a fun-filled couple of long days, I spent a quiet evening by myself enjoying the peace of the Ogwen Valley. In the last 48hours, I felt like I’d been on the go non-stop – among other things, I’ve  organised the end of term and summer arrangements, swam across the lake at Llanberis, planned some Read more

Clare and I celebrated this afternoon with a ‘refreshing’ swim in the Lake.  Despite some light cloud cover, we still got in although it felt much colder than the other day! We’d met a few hours earlier in Betws for a lunch to celebrate the finish of college lecturing life and the beginning of full-time Read more

Another mountain day and another early alarm call! Straight out of my sleeping bag, splashed water on my face and climbed into the minibus. To their credit, the team had all managed to get up and were ready to go. As instructed, they brought duvets and pillows and were soon back asleep as we made Read more

I’ve been helping to organise a student ‘Ironman and Ironwoman event at Llyn Gerionydd. It’s a really fun day to be involved with, with three buses of excited/nervous competitors and plenty of cheering supporters. After leading a warm-up session, I was on stopwatch duty at the beginning of the mass start where everyone charged off Read more

The strawberries are ripening up along the tracks in the slate quarries now. There’s a lovely warm feel in the air and even though I’ve had to spend most of the day planning, there is at least excitement on the horizon! In the evening, Clare and I took a short walk down by the lake Read more

The temperatures have finally dropped again here in Snowdonia. (with windchill on the summits forecast at minus two!). We nipped out first thing this morning to climb on the Atlantic Slabs, up the valley near The Cottage. Great route, great friction, but you have to hunt for gear a bit. After climbing the lovely ‘Central Read more