What a difference a few hours of travel can make. The summer vibe is back on, here in Jersey. After a long and leisurely breakfast pool side at the hotel, we ventured out into the streets on bikes that we have hired for a couple of days. The island is pretty small, so bikes seem Read more

It was raining hard in Wales and northern England today. Luckily for us, we had the chance to escape the weather for the weekend.  Less than four hours after dashing to the car in the pouring rain at The Cottage, we were walking across the runway tarmac in Jersey in the sunshine. Summer is still Read more

No tales of mountain adventures of late, as this week I’ve been full-time busy on other projects of a less exciting, but still very rewarding nature. One of which has meant that all my visits to the Llanberis Slate Quarry visitors centre with students over the years have paid off – I’ve been splitting slates Read more

The unprecedented Britsh hot weather of summer led to a spate of new routes while we were away, on North Wales on rock, that is never normally dry. So this morning we went to try out a new route on the slate slab next to Massabula at Bus Stop Quarry. From the car, it looked like Read more

Back on the bikes today for a bit more local explorations. The mountains looked a bit damp and with the promise of warmer weather on the Island, we set off to explore a central part of Anglesey where we’d not yet been. As soon as we’d parked up in a newly made parking area, near Read more

The last few days have flown by without having even strayed far from The Cottage. With much help from the family, there has been some steady progress on the DIY front. The Cottage really has come on since the initial construction work back in 2010 with this bunch of professionals! In between time, we’ve squeezed in Read more