Our companions in the hut left first, while I was still bundled up, dozing under a pile of blankets. The warmth of the fire had died with the embers and I woke feeling cold. Amidst the clattering of pans, and heavy ski-booted footfall, the two Swiss guys made quite a racket as they staggered around in the dark… Read more

Knowing that by bed time I’d be in the French Alps, I enjoyed a long, large and leisurely cooked breakfast in the very grand Thornton Hall with Clare. By three thirty, after a bit of shopping I was parked up at Liverpool Airport where the temperature had reached record levels for this time of year. … Read more

It feels like we’ve bypassed Spring and gone straight to summer here in North Wales. Flowers are blooming and the temperature has been hovering around 18°C all weekend!  On Saturday morning we did our first ‘Park Run’ which was great fun. The run goes around the castle grounds at Penrhyn, which is somewhere I’ve never… Read more

Cliff top hike today along the east coast of Anglesey. from Moelfre.  Spent a good amount of time hunting the perfect pebble at every little beach that we came across. Feeling warm for this time of year. Read more

‘Spirituality in the Outdoors’ was the title of today’s adventures in the woods, that I was running for some students. Time to think, look, listen and engage in the outdoors environment. I was in charge of running various activities around the central theme as well as being chief fire starter. As well as keeping the… Read more

Although it’s hardly very far away, it’s been many, many years since I took my kayak surfing at the Stanley Embankment wave. It has quite a fierce reputation and my memory of it was completely justified when we arrived. A huge amount of water (well it was a Spring tide), was being squeezed though a… Read more