The skies have finally started to clear, so I decided to head into Cwm Lloer to have a look around and check out how much snow and ice had been put down by the recent storms. There was a good amount of snow up high, but the temperature was hovering just above freezing, so the… Read more

When I got back to The Cottage yesterday evening, I emptied 55mm of rain out of the rain gauge. Three hours later, there was another 35mm in it! A spring has even started to bubble up in the grass outside! With such a deluge, that continued on into the night, I popped over to Llanberis… Read more

I wrote this after last month’s mini-adventure down to Cornwall, then promptly forgot about it… Great memories… THE VOYAGE TO CORNWALL… This road trips’ heading south and west; To where the pasties taste the best. There’s aunts down there and friends galore; A good time guaranteed for sure. Diesel and coffee’s what I’ll need, with… Read more

Outside activities today were cancelled due to a severe weather warning of blizzards, gales and heavy sleet, snow and rain. It was one of the grimmest days that I can remember around here! By evening the roads were beginning to flood and just walking across the car park was a struggle to stay upright. A ‘For… Read more

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