With an early start from The Cottage, I left the mountains behind and made it to the blue skies and green lands of Fort Martin in time for brunch. Had a couple of lovely days catching up with the team, strolling in the estate, visiting the village and generally tinkering around with the guys. Interspersed… Read more

In between some more Cottage DIY, we snuck back into Ogwen to try another climb. We met a visiting friend at Ogwen Cottage and walked in along the same path as the other day. Our ridge was brilliantly silhouetted on the skyline. However, on reaching the crags, I discovered that I’d left the guidebook in the… Read more

Very social day. A lively morning in Llanberis, with the hopes of a climb in the slate quarries turned to an afternoon at the coast when the rain moved in. No surf, just a lovely a breezy day out by the sea on Anglesey. A good place to natter and walk with our visiting guest… Read more

Without much time for mountain based antics today, we took a quick trip along Ogwen’s miniature alpine ridge on the west side of Pen yr Ole Wen. The road up to Ogwen Cottage was really busy with cars parked all along the side of the road for hundreds of metres. We found a sneaky space, then… Read more

Had a little adventure down in the forest today, amongst the trees and boulders. I was teaching a group of young students and taking them on their first rock climbing experience. We started off by exploring the boulders in the woods near Llanberis. The classic boulder problems are too hard for most mortals here, but… Read more

I got to try my hand a sailing today, through the Menai Straits, which has been a wonderful experience on such a calm day. I was with a group of my students and we set off from the docks at the Conway Centre, next door to Plas Newydd. Just walking down through the gardens to the… Read more