We’ve been wanting to cycle the cycle trail across the centre of Anglesey for a while now and today (despite being pretty cold), seemed like a good day to go for it. After a morning of sorting a few jobs, we arrived at Malltreath and set off, into a bracing wind, along the canal. The Read more

Teamed up with a couple of friends to do our first winter climb of the season today! It’s been cold up high for a few days, so we went up to the highest cwm in Ogwen to see if there was enough snow and ice for climbing. It felt relatively optimistic as we drove through the Read more

Even the most optimistic climbers were indoors today! Total wash out, but lots to teach and learn in the Beacon Climbing Wall… Read more

Plenty of rain down in the valley, but we found out first bit of winter up on the hill tops today. Set out from Ogwen Cottage towards the south col of Tryfan, past the ‘crocodile rock’ at a good pace. The group I was leading were up for a bit of a challenge, so instead Read more

Only one degree Celsius at The Cottage this morning! Plans for a day in the surf were looking questionable. Decided to start slow with a leisurely and sizeable cooked breakfast. By 11am temps had risen to 2.4 and the choice of Anglesey surf was made. Plan B was to ride a trail to Malltraeth, but Read more

I don’t often think this, but thankfully, I’ve been working indoors today, planning expeditions. The weather has been incredible. Over the last 24 hours, 100mm of rain has fallen at The Cottage and the needle on our barometer dropped off the scale earlier! I was due to be at the AGM of the British Mountaineering Read more