A quiet Sunday spent exploring the valley by canoe. I was with a strong team of students, so we managed to do a full tour of the lake at Llanberis. I was the only person padding solo, so the lads took pity on me every now and then and gave me a tow to help… Read more

Thick wet drizzle. ‘Let’s accept that we’re going to get wet today and that the views are likely to be sub-par’ was the opening speech to my team of hill walkers today! In actual fact, once we got around the fact that the weather wasn’t going to be getting any better, we all got stuck… Read more

With a weather forecast of ‘damp and murky’ across the National Park, I thought I might be climbing indoors today. However, on closer inspection, it looked like there might be a few small areas of brightness. We took a short walk up to a great viewpoint find out. It was a gamble worth taking! It was… Read more

I’m just back from taking a group of ten international students on a weekend camping trip to Anglesey. Great fun, but exhausting! The team was made up of students from Nigeria, Germany, Oman, France, Qatar, Switzerland, Russia, Pakistan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. For many, it was their first time camping and only their fourth week in… Read more

I’ve spent the last two days back in Open Canoes on Llyn Padarn near Llanberis. It was a bit too wild for photos yesterday, but today my students and I were in for a treat. The lagoons where we put on were mirror calm. After a very brief introduction, we rafted the canoes together in… Read more

While it was a perfectly good day to be in the mountains, I’ve been going solo at The Cottage shifting some big lumps of slate around – the last of the slate shed demolition project. Building a drystone wall was actually rather fun and a better work out than most gyms. I was keen to… Read more