A brilliant day with my regular student climbing group today. For whatever reason, the psych was at an all-time high for a real ‘workout’, so we went down to the Beacon Climbing Centre, where amazingly, we pretty much had the place to ourselves. After a warm up which turned into more of a circuit training Read more

There is still a good covering of snow up on the tops and given the recent spectacularly colourful sunrises, I decided to make an alpine (early) start to the day and get up there to try and capture the sunrise in a photo.   I left the car at 06:25am and was high up on Read more

Indoors all day today at The Beacon Climbing Centre near Llanberis. I’ve been on a course to become ‘qualified’ as a route setter for boulder problems in a climbing wall. Having been doing this independently for many years, I was surprised to find out that a ‘Route Setter Association’ had recently been formed and a Read more

Orienteering around the Country Parc today. Such a magical place to explore, with unique and unusual plant and trees. And all within a walled estate, so it’s hard to lose too many of your students as they dash around the woodlands looking for markers! Needed to keep on the move as it was only about four Read more

  Cold and crisp down at the coast still, but a bit of cloud in the hills. No mountaineering today, as I had a ‘different’ kind of day and spent it trying all sorts of things, including pottery, go-Karting and drone flying!   Llanfairfecham beach was the perfect place to finish us as the sun Read more

Back up Snowdon again today! This time with a group of students and with the most crystal clear conditions imaginable. Not a single cloud and not a breath of wind. I’m staying with the team for the weekend in Llanberis at Dol Peris Guesthouse which is quite simple one of the finest places a mountaineer Read more