I’ve visited Yorkshire twice in the last two years, with the intention of completing some of the classic walks, but on both occasions, I’ve been shut down by the weather! We did get out and about, but got pretty wet in the process! Access to the Broadrake Bunkhouse (which is a very nice place), involves crossing… Read more

It’s been a varied few days where I’ve been involved with presentations and assessments of students at Bangor University, meetings and scheduling as well as kit store logistics and staff observations. It’s been interesting work and been good to be using my brain in different ways. Early on Wednesday I traveled down to Fort Martin and had… Read more

First thing this morning, I ran up and over the hills above Llandudno to set out an Orienteering Competition course. Fresh snow had fallen in the mountains and there was a bitter wind chill and I jogged along in my shorts and wooly hat. At least the sun was out though. Between 11:00 and 15:00, teams… Read more

Climbers don’t know who luck we are these days! After a day of kayak coaching, I dashed over to the Beacon Climbing Wall, to hear a series of presentations about the development of climbing gear. There was a fascinating collection of all kinds of handmade, homemade and manufactured climbing kit, dating back over many years and… Read more

An unprecedented third day in a kayak today! This time it was actually scheduled as I had a small group of students that we were running an ‘intro to white water’ kayaking day. On the way to the river, we stopped to have a look at the more advanced section of the Llugwy – something to build… Read more

With the rain showing no sign of stopping anytime soon, we enjoyed a second day on the Ogwen after a morning of meetings. This time the water levels were a little higher, but not at the crazy ‘over the banks’ level of last night. Lucy joined us too and we’d soon repeated the village section… Read more