The variety of the Mountaineering Instructor continued today with an indoor climbing session at The Beacon Climbing Centre near Llanberis. Once again, I had a motivated team who were super keen to get going. Working our way through the graded bouldering problems, everyone put in a really good effort, but we got beaten back at Read more

Although it had been a crazy long day up in the Lake District yesterday, it was worth the late night to get back to Ogwen this morning and find some fresh snow on the hills and some enthusiastic students who were eager to get out and about in it! The picture above shows the pointed Read more

It was too cloudy to see the official ‘super moon’ the other night, but as I made a late night dash up to the Lake District, the moon rise was enormous! And a spooky orange colour too. I’ll admit that the photo above doesn’t really do it justice, but even from the road, it was magic thing to Read more

Another day and another new place to explore! In an attempt to stay out of the worse weather, we headed east, away from the main mountain mass of Snowdonia and up onto the Denbigh Moors. It’s an area that I’ve spent very little time in, so was keen to check it out. The forecast assured Read more

I’ve been out with a group of students today on an introduction to ‘DofE’ expedition navigation. It was a very wet and dull start as we explored a new area on the hillside above Colwyn Bay that I’d never visited before. We took shelter in the woods to begin with, where we found a peculiar a felled Read more

I’ve been out in the woods for the last few days with some students on a residential weekend to promote and enhance various communication skills. As part of the weekend’s activities, I was running a tracking trail using some good old fashioned Scouting skills. It was a Ken Marlow timeless classic and the students loved it! Read more