Although I’ve kayaked a great deal around the coast of Anglesey, I’ve never done a full circumnavigation of the island. My friend Pete has been keen to do the whole thing for a while now and today we made a start on making it happen. Given that Pete is still recovering from a series of Read more

Had a very late night last night, (after returning from the Gorge Walk), stripping all the holds off the bouldering wall – and then putting them all back on again!  Believe it or not, there’s a surprising amount of thought and effort that goes into setting a good boulder problem! I was getting the climbing wall Read more

Been a good day for scrambling up waterfalls with students in the Afon Ddu Gorge above the Conwy Valley. Bonkers way to earn a living really… Read more

I’m just back from taking some young students on a three-day ‘mini-expedition’ around the mountain of Snowdon. We’ve traveled by train and bus but mostly on foot around the base of the mountain as well making as a thwarted attempt at the summit. Having set off from Llanberis on Tuesday, we slept at the picturesque Snowdon Ranger Read more

Another glorious Bank Holiday Weekend day! Having left The Cottage in shorts and sandals plans for sea kayaking around the west coast of Anglesey had to be changed at the last minute. As we approached the sea, we discovered that a thick bank of sea fog was hugging the coast. It was astonishing – inland, there Read more

The combination of light winds, blue skies and bank holiday weekend all lent themselves nicely to escaping the crowds and setting out to sea in a kayak! Not only that, but we were both very keen to see if we could spot some of the Puffins, that we had been told are starting to return Read more