A blissful day of holiday climbing today. No rush, no worries, just swimming and climbing. And another beautiful blue sky start. There was no rush to get to the crags, so our first port of call after leaving our humble abode (above!) was the beach for a swim. We had the place to ourselves, so Read more

Boxing Day 2017 was a spent climbing one of the biggest cliffs above Leonidio. The weather remained stable, so we decided to go for a bit route while we could. The views of distant snow capped mountains as we walked to the base of the cliff were amazing and crystal clear. We’d made a bit Read more

Our own tradition of being somewhere unusual and/or exciting for Christmas Day continued again this year. It was great arriving in the dark on Christmas Eve, as it meant that we had no idea what lay outside… Having found the apartment, we got the fire lit straight away as it was cold outside and in! Read more

Via a series of early starts, late nights, van travels, trains, Christmas dinners and fine hospitality, I’ve managed to do a micro pre-Christmas tour of friends and family. It got off to a good start in London, where I arrived for lunch on Tuesday and the sun was shining. I was met by the Nipper Read more

Winter has slowly melted away from the mountains in North Wales over the last few days, along with a certain amount of fatigue. I would have liked to have made a bit more of it, but as is often the way after an intense expedition, I’ve had to let my body and brain rest a Read more

Got back from Scotland last night. There’s been a good bit of winter around here too this week, so we optimistically decided to see if there was enough snow left up for a quick ski… Despite initial excitement, we ended up taking the skis for a walk up into Cwm Lloer and back! There was Read more