I had hoped to be rock climbing outdoors today, but the weather had other ideas. I’d not been to the Boardroom Climbing Wall since they’d made the upstairs bouldering section, so was keen to check it out. The place is amazing. As an instructor, it’s one of the best laid out facilities that I’ve been to. Loads… Read more

Sub-optimal conditions in the mountains of Snowdonia today. ‘Heavy and persistent’ was the forecast for today’s rainfall – a description that was pretty much spot on. The first drops started falling as soon as my group and I climbed out of the minibus and I think it’s only just stopped now. This was one of the better… Read more

Local knowledge, a detailed weather forecast and a bit of luck mean that we can really make the most of living in North Wales. Heavy rain and low clouds greeted us when we woke and were forecast to remain for the entire day. However, there did seem to be a two-hour weather window, around midday,… Read more

Things have continued to be busy over the last few days. I’ve had an interesting time and varied time, with some good days out with students around the north coast of Wales. On Friday the weather forced my rock climbing group and I inside, where we had a great session in the Beacon Climbing Wall.… Read more

Woke from a deep deep sleep to let room service bring in a nice little selection of goodies.  We’d decided that leisurely breakfasting in our room would be the most relaxing start to what was going to be a busy day ahead. And it was! At 8:00am, we checked out and returned to the van, then carried… Read more

Well, I’ve made it through the thirties. The forties got off to about a good a start as I could of hoped for considering it was my first full day back at work for a while. At The Cottage, I had a few cards and pressies over breakfast, before embarking on a non-stop, jam-packed day of… Read more