I was rewarded with some blue skies after a very windy night in the van at the Darrens, on the edge of the Black Mountains. Today is the fourth anniversary of our wedding, but with Clare away in London, I decided to see the day in up in the mountains. It was a promising start with… Read more

Time for a mini-roadtrip! This time I’m heading to South Wales to catch up with old friends. It’s been ages since I’ve been to the Black Mountains or The Gower and after an epic journey that got me as far as Longtown, I began to see why!   It was almost comical, the way hold… Read more

A busy few days have just been spent on various things including lots of fixing things in the stores, a trip down a gorge with some students and a good helping of general admin. The weather has finally broken and I was about to have a chilled day in at The Cottage, when I noticed… Read more

It’s been a hectic day of many parts and venues across North Wales, but did at least start off in a relaxed way (well, as relaxed as you can be with the potentially grey hair inducing cocktail of a group of students with knives and fire). In actual fact, the potential nightmare morning all went… Read more

Yippee! The clocks have changed and the evenings are getting lighter (although we didn’t realise until it didn’t start getting dark at 8pm!). Perfect for climbing on the Rippled Slab at Bus Stop Quarry while the sun goes down. Gnat Attack is a classic (scary!) slate climb – tiny holds on a blank slab and not… Read more

I don’t think I’ve ever seen the Ogwen Valley so busy. Solid blue skies and light winds, snow-capped peaks and double figure temperatures had brought the masses to the mountains! There were cars lining the valley as we drove through at the end of the day. In anticipation of a busy Saturday, I’d chosen to… Read more