Having despatched a small team of students with fifteen euros and instructions to return with a nutritious breakfast, this is what they returned with!  To be fair, it was a delicious start to the day, but slightly sweeter than I’m used to. Shaking with sugar overload, we jittered our way up to a crag above… Read more

I’ve been on the move again! This time I’ve flown south to run a student climbing expedition in Sardinia. We flew on Thursday from Manchester and had great views of the south coast of England before crossing the channel. We arrived late at night after driving (in an immaculate, one week old VW Transporter!) from… Read more

Making the most of the light evenings, with a gentle stroll and a nice climb at Bus Stop Quarry.  Bus Stop Quarry: – Equinox VS (4c) Read more

Back on the water this morning with Pete and Olly, to complete another section of the Anglesey coastline – by sea kayak. After meeting in Holyhead and checking the weather, tides, psych levels etc, we opted to go from Rhoscolyn to Treaddeaur Bay. It was an overcast and quite chilly start as we set out… Read more

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