With such glorious hill walking conditions across the National Park, we opted to get back up high onto the tops. There was still a blanket of cloud over Anglesey to the north, but the mountains were in tip-top condition! There were a few wisps of cloud in the valley still, but otherwise all the summits… Read more

Back out instructing rock climbing outdoors, for what feels like quite a long time! Just about warm enough still on the fingers under a blanket of low clouds. Felt nice to be clipping some bolts and showing the students the ropes… Views were a bit limited from the top of the cliff, but it stayed… Read more

With the ‘worst’ of the winds having passed by (strong enough to bring down a huge 100 year old Beech tree in the woods by our stores), things were looking just about acceptable to make an attempt on a planned ascent of Cader Idris. Unhelpful showers blew through as we made our way up the… Read more

A steady stream of windy (and at times gale) conditions have been blasting across North Wales over the past few weeks. I’ve had to cancel a couple of planned activities over the past week, as even driving seemed like a risky business! There’s not been huge amounts of rain, but sudden downpours have been impressive… Read more

Bristly Ridge is one of the classic scrambles of the Ogwen Valley and one that we’d not been up in a while, so, somewhat on and whim and despite a marginal weather forecast, decided to go for it. Clouds were ‘lingering’ in the air, but there was barely a breath of wind, which gave a… Read more