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

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