Katrina took Clare and I on a grand tour of the Smoke Bluffs climbing area above Squamish today. We set off without her first, intending to get a few extra climbs in, but by the time she arrived, all we’d managed to do was have a nap on a bench below the routes at the Read more

Nine years after our last visit and we’re back climbing Squamish rock. Having Daragh and Katrina as our local guides made the whole day super easy as we didn’t even have to consult the guidebook to get to the crag. Daragh had chosen Murrin Park as even though temperatures in the sun were baking, it Read more

After yesterday’s excitement, a slow start was required today as we were feeling the effects of jet lag a bit more now. As has been the theme somewhat this summer, today was another ‘travel day’ – this time heading north and across the boarder by road, into Canada. The traffic getting out of Seattle was Read more

If yesterday’s Tesla electric car experience felt futuristic, today’s shopping experience notched things up to another level. An amazing day travelling the city streets of Seattle and soaking up the sights of a landscape you just don’t get to see in Wales and feeling like we’d gone back to the future! First off though, we Read more

Waking up to an alarmingly early alarm was the real price we had to pay for finding a cheap flight. It was so early, that it felt that it was the first time that we’d seen the sky properly dark in ages. Seeing the familiar stars shining overhead as we set out eased the disorienting Read more

Back on the road again. And why not – we’d been home for nearly three days after all! Having repacked our lives into a couple of rucksacks, we headed out of Wales and watched the thermometer gradually tick upwards as we made our journey south. By early evening we had arrived in Surrey, having left Read more