A bit of social bouldering this evening after a productive day of paperwork and expedition planning. Great to get a bit of exercise after a long day indoors and catch up with a friend. Read more

Nice mellow morning instructing rock climbing at Conwy Slabs. Lovely views and rock that was sheltered from the cold winds. Spent the afternoon at the Beacon climbing wall due to popular demand (although it never rained in the end).  Read more

No time to rest the legs yet. It’s always important to have a plan B as well as a Plan A when working in the mountains (and often and C, D and E!). Today was one of those days. A high pressure over Wales this morning meant that we had our first frost of the… Read more

Who’d have thought that I’d be cycling in shorts and t-shirt at the tail end of October on Anglesey! Day 3 of ‘The Tour’ was a beauty. After a ‘full Welsh Breakfast’ (very similar to a ‘Full English’ as far as I could tell), we set off from Bull Bay. My tyres were alarmingly squishy… Read more

Day two of the tour started a bit cold and overcast, but the psych remained at a maximum high and we couldn’t wait to get back on the road. By just after 9am we were all loaded back up and heading east. In anticipation of there being no places to buy supplies later in the… Read more

You don’t have to go far from home to have an adventure – especially around here. Having arrived back from The Fort late last night, we had a few hours this morning to get packed for our first overnight cycle tour from The Cottage. By midday, we’d checked the tyres on my classic 1994 Halfords… Read more