Well I guess the weather had to break at some point; just a shame that it had to be today. It was the final day of expedition training for my group of student mountaineers and they were fully psyched up for a traverse of Crib Goch. It was raining steadily when we left Pen y Read more

Had to abandon ‘Plan A’ for today’s rock climbing session today at Craig y Tonnau, as the surrounding forest is closed for tree felling. No sign saying for how long though?…   Went back to Betws and enjoyed a few routes on the far right crags as the clouds started to build. Had our first Read more

No wind, blue skies, calm water and one of the finest panoramas in Snowdonia. All the right conditions to go canoeing with Ma and Pa! With the sun low in the sky, we pushed off from the banks and spent an idyllic ninety minutes floating about the lake at Llanberis. Over the course of many Read more

Dawn patrol at the beach today! (Well almost) The chance of a few glassy waves and another blue sky morning was enough to get us up early for a ‘pre-wake up’ dip at Rhosneigr.   We had a few fun little waves. It was surprisingly cloudy first thing, but a brilliant way to start the Read more

I do like Mondays. We’ve spent today at one of the most popular cliffs in North Wales – sheltered from the wind and baked in sunshine – and we were the only people there. Ticking through a handful of the classic climbs, it was about as good as climbing gets! To start us off we Read more

I’ve had my first night of the year under canvas this weekend. And what a beautiful night it was. North Wales has been totally cloudless today and there has been barely a breath of wind. Perfect camping conditions. I actually got beaten out of the tent by the sun this morning!   I’ve been supervising Read more