Managed to have a bit of a rest today. The world cup climbing competition is happening in the town square, so after a good sleep and plenty of food, we caught up with friends while watching some of the qualifying rounds. We seem to be bumping into friends old and new here. While we were… Read more

So, somewhat out of the blue, at 06:30 this morning, I found myself heading up to the Aiguille du Midi on the first climbers lift. The whole thing was completely surreal. Our apartment is a stones throw from the cable car station, so I literally had to roll out of bed, pull on some clothes,… Read more

There was a relatively late night of packing yesterday as crammed all we could into various bags. In the morning, we said goodbye to this familiar view. I then got a nice reminder on my phone as to what we should do next! For once, the British roads were clear of traffic and before we… Read more

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