Exhilaratingly strong winds today across North Wales and particularly on Anglesey. Our day trip to Holy Island started off at the church of St Cybi, which was all rather ornate in places where it wasn’t exposed to the erosional effects of the weather. The subsequent hike up Holyhead Mountain started off nice and sheltered, but on the… Read more

My modeling debut has just been released! Ha-ha! During the tail end of last winter, I was involved with the filming of a film for the Association of Mountaineering Instructors. In association with our sponsors, Rab Equipment, the film is part inspiration, part motivation and part publicity for the Association to encourage the general public to hire… Read more

What a difference a day makes! The temperature has shot up and overnight rain hsa melted a lot of the snow. Ditching plans for more winter climbing, we packed up the van and drove over to the Island, where it was a spring-like 14 degrees and blue sky We drove to a few spots to check the… Read more

Tired team today. With weather warming to rain on the hills, we took a relaxing Sunday stroll down to Betws y coed, via the Miners Bridge, where the plants near the water were still cased in ice. Read more

I’ve been staying in Llanberis with a team of international students and today we made an ascent of Snowdon, in full winter conditions, with some stunning views. We took up ropes and climbing gear to see if we could take a more ‘adventurous’ climb to the summit, but the snow conditions were not quite right,… Read more

Bitterly cold today. Luckily, I was tasked with a day of teaching camp cooking! – Specifically, how to make a decent hot meal on a single gas burner, in preparation for this summers Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Expeditions. With hot drinks to hand all day, we survived and ate in style, cooking by the sea… Read more