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

Well boys will be boys. What better to do on a cold and overcast December morning in Scotland…. …than walk down to the Loch shore and go for a quick dip! I didn’t go ‘head under’ so my effort was considered null and void, but fair play to the lads who did. Was bracing to… Read more

Another early start was necessary today to get up and down the mountains before the afternoon storms arrived. We almost made it! The bus was encased in ice when we left the bunkhouse in the dark. A light dusting of fresh snow on the roads and minus temperatures made for a very slow and cautious… Read more