Mountain Lifestyle

The Mountain Lifestyle Blog

  • Manx Wall, HS (4b)*** Clogwyn Du

    Manx Wall, HS (4b)*** Clogwyn Du

    After a great day orienteering around Llanberis with some students, there wasn’t really time (and barely any energy) for a big evening adventure. Or so I thought!…. I was pretty tired by the time I arrived home at 18:00, after chasing markers, tadpoles and students around the lake all day in the sun. But the… Read more

  • An evening with The Kooks

    I seem to be packing in a good amount of fun stuff into the long summer evenings at the moment and tonight was no exception. But rather than heading to the mountains after a day in ‘the office’, Clare picked me up and we zipped over to Chester for the night for some live music!… Read more

  • In the last of the light – Solo on Milestone Buttress

    A few days of admin and computer based work at The Cottage could have been seen as frustrating given the weather, but since conditions have been so dry and settled since returning from Norway, it actually felt good to spend a bit of time at The Cottage, recharging ready for the next wave of expeditions.… Read more

  • Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Assessing

    Conditions were just right for the lucky groups of students that I’ve been assessing this weekend for their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Expedition. No threat of rain, enough cloud cover to keep cool and temperatures that were warm enough for camping but not too hot for trekking. The bank holiday weekend meant that we… Read more

  • Anglesey Coastal Hike

    Anglesey Coastal Hike

    Another stunner day, but a change in wind direction has made it feel rather nippy. I was working with a group who are getting ready for a trekking expedition, so we chose to get a bit of shelter on the south western edge of Anglesey. We followed the shores of the Menai Straits, then cut… Read more

  • Racing the Daylight – Rapid Rock Climbing at Dusk

    Racing the Daylight – Rapid Rock Climbing at Dusk

    To be fair, it was looking a little optimistic to be setting out up the big sweep of Idwal Slabs at 19:30 after a busy day…. The sun had gone below the skyline to the west, but the tops were still glowing pink and we wondered if we’d be fast enough to climb up into… Read more

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