After a good work out in The Cottage log gym yesterday, I felt I was sufficiently limbered up for some white water kayaking. And this time, water levels and fellow kayakers were in good supply. It’s been a while since I’ve been on a river, so I was keen to get stuck in. I met… Read more

Sensing that it might be my last chance to get a wave this year, I popped over to the beach in the gloom of the afternoon. I had been quite keen to go whitewater kayaking as the river were in spate, but I was lacking the necessary team for the task. Out at the coast, the… Read more

Well a week seems to have just vanished in a bit of a blur. There’e been plenty going on, just not many photos of anything particularly exciting. I’d say that I was up early for the dawn this week at The Cottage, but the sunrise at this time of year is only at 8am! There… Read more

Early December is not exactly high season for the multi-pitch climbing instructor, but when the students are as psyched as they were this morning, I could hardly say no. Arriving in the Ogwen valley, this morning, it was nippy, but at least dry. Clouds were covering the top of Tryfan and a brisk wind was… Read more

Mega rainfall in the mountains should have had me out whitewater kayaking today, but unfortunately, I was just a bit too busy to sneak it in. I probably could have done at the cost of putting a few jobs on hold, but uncharacteristically, common sense prevailed! Just before dusk, once I’d got the bulk of… Read more

I’ve been busy working at the Cottage Studio for the last few days, but managed to squeeze in a late night, eight hour round trip to Manchester to see one of my favorite bands – Reef. I called in first for a catch up with Pete, in Stockport, on the way before racing over to the… Read more