After a glorious afternoon on the north coast, looking over at the Little Orme, we made it into Ogwen for a quick evening route. Beautiful evening and tranquil solitude. No one else in the entire valley. Not even a midgy! Perfect for a quick therapeutic blast up the slabs at Tryfan Bach.  There was a Read more

A change of scene for me today – kayaking on one of the highest reservoirs in Wales! After a few logistical problems at the start of the day, my group and I managed to get a lift upto Llyn Brenig for a days kayaking.  It’s high up on the Denbigh Moors and exposed to the Read more

“Continuing Professional Development” (CPD), is the term given to the process of keeping upto date and current within a job or industry. As a member of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors I spent the day at the National Mountain Centre attending a workshop on ‘Transformational Leadership’ for Mountain Leaders. The idea behind CPD is to Read more

There aren’t many routes in the Llanberis Slate Quarries at our preferred grade that we’ve not climbed, so I was excited to return to the Trango Tower and try the new route that I’d noticed while working there on Saturday. It was beautifully peaceful up there today, with plenty of sunshine and only a slight breeze. Read more

The morning started as a total blue sky stunner and on the drive over to Cader Idris, I was concern that we didn’t have enough water with us. But, the fickle mountain weather actually had us shivering on the summit rather than sweating!! After a wonderful early morning drive across Snowdonia, from about half way Read more

Spent a very nice day over in the plateau area of the Llanberis Slate Quarry with a group of students.  After a bit of a nose around the peppermint tower, we opted for some bolted routes on the slab. The sun came out and we were enjoying ourselves so much we were almost late finishing! Read more