Clare’s Birthday today! And what a day we’ve had – right from the word go, we’ve been having fun!   The weather took an unexpected turn for the better and we lunched outside at The Cottage with pressies, before strolling into the slate quarry for the third time this week, in search of more classic Read more

Kit check and packing today ready for my next expedition, which leaves on Saturday. I’m going to be leading a small team on a trek in the Sierra Nevada in Spain, but there still seems to be a lot of kit to get prepped. We won’t be able to buy gas for the camp stoves, Read more

I had a different kind of rock climbing session today, up at Castle Inn Quarry. Some of my students are heading off this summer on their own rock climbing trip, so asked me to do an informal assessment on their skills to make sure they are ready to be out on their own! They had Read more

Banana pancakes for breakfast, followed by another stormy surf on the west coast of Anglesey. Then back to The Cottage, for an afternoon session of classic lemon and sugar pancakes with coffee as the Slates started to dry off. Headed to the ‘Australia’ level of the quarries for a climb. The rain had been so Read more

Wet, windy and wild! All mountain based activities were off the menu today, but a big swell meant that we could still get some exercise at the beach! When the rain is pouring down, the sea is the best place to be – you can’t get any wetter! There were some big, steep waves and we Read more

‘Fool’s Gold’ – One of my favourite climbs in the Llanberis Slate Quarry. After some heavy showers during the day on Sunday, things had dried up again in the evening and we even got some sunshine to climb in!   This was all on the back of another two-day Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Expedition. This weekend, I’ve Read more