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

For whatever reason, we’ve been struggling to shake off the lethargic feeling of jet lag this week and get back into a normal sleep pattern. Despite (or perhaps because of) being busy with various commitments back here in Wales, neither of us felt back on par since our return to The Cottage. With a few free… Read more

“Don’t sweat the small stuff” is something that my parents have been instilling in me since my teenage years. A bit like the saying that, whatever happens in life “worse things happen at sea”. Well I’ve never really spent much time ‘at sea’ but have had a few technical challenges recently with this Blog that… Read more