The Savoy Hotel breakfasting experience took on a whole new level today, as after the usual culinary delights, I washed it all down with a decent slice of carrot cake and an extra coffee. Luckily we didn’t have to move far afterward, so after checking out of the room, we got some work done by the… Read more

Out of bed and straight down to the beach today! Well, after a lie in and another massive breakfast that is – you don’t want to rush these things… After all the hills of yesterday’s bike tour, we opted for the coastal promenade today and headed west around the bay. It was easy peddling until… Read more

What a difference a few hours of travel can make. The summer vibe is back on, here in Jersey. After a long and leisurely breakfast pool side at the hotel, we ventured out into the streets on bikes that we have hired for a couple of days. The island is pretty small, so bikes seem… Read more

It was raining hard in Wales and northern England today. Luckily for us, we had the chance to escape the weather for the weekend.  Less than four hours after dashing to the car in the pouring rain at The Cottage, we were walking across the runway tarmac in Jersey in the sunshine. Summer is still… Read more

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