Today was the kind of day where working as an educator in the great outdoors is a pure pleasure. Blue skies, light winds, high temperatures and a psyched group all came together to give a fantastic day of open canoeing on Llyn Gwynant. It’s a bit of a faff getting a trainer of boats down Read more

Felt great to get the ropes flaked back out today. Last time I pulled on my harness I was on the other side of the world! It’s been a sweltering 26 degrees today, so some shady slate was the perfect place to re-introduce ourselves to Welsh rock this evening at Bus Stop Quarry. Having started Read more

Started to feel like a human being again today, ready to re-join the land of the living! My brain is back up to normal, I just need the energy levels to match the psych. Have had a fantastic birthday, that started off in good style with a banana pancake and coffee breakfast session! We then went Read more

Where did the last week go?! It’s probably best forgotten about anyway! After hanging up my kayaking gear last week, I was suddenly overcome with tiredness and flu. I’ll skip the grim details, but in short, I’ve been totally laid out for days! And (worst still!), the weather has been great! It was pretty much Read more

There are many reasons why people from all over the country (and world), are drawn to living in this tiny pocket of North Wales. It’s certainly not for the nightlife. Apart from the natural environment, mountains, coastline and rivers, one attraction, is the amount of like minded people that live here. It’s the kind of Read more

And finally, now that our brains our starting to realise that we’ve made it home, the delayed arrival of jet lag showed up today… Even the five star breakfast of banana pancakes couldn’t keep us from crashing out of today. The day went past in a blur of disorientating tiredness and with a general feeling Read more