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

  High pressure continues to hang above the U.K. giving more fantastic mountain conditions! Sadly I had to be indoors today, preping with a group, but Clare sent me this photo of the Carneddau Mountains at sunset from just outside The Cottage. What a place….  Read more

To be honest, I wasn’t really expecting much as I set off from Pen y Pass around midday. The telephone and internet has been down since the storms the other day, so had to call Fort Martin for a weather update! The forecast was suggesting a good day awaited, but the valley felt too warm.… Read more