It was too cloudy to see the official ‘super moon’ the other night, but as I made a late night dash up to the Lake District, the moon rise was enormous! And a spooky orange colour too. I’ll admit that the photo above doesn’t really do it justice, but even from the road, it was magic thing to… Read more

Another day and another new place to explore! In an attempt to stay out of the worse weather, we headed east, away from the main mountain mass of Snowdonia and up onto the Denbigh Moors. It’s an area that I’ve spent very little time in, so was keen to check it out. The forecast assured… Read more

I’ve been out with a group of students today on an introduction to ‘DofE’ expedition navigation. It was a very wet and dull start as we explored a new area on the hillside above Colwyn Bay that I’d never visited before. We took shelter in the woods to begin with, where we found a peculiar a felled… Read more

I’ve been out in the woods for the last few days with some students on a residential weekend to promote and enhance various communication skills. As part of the weekend’s activities, I was running a tracking trail using some good old fashioned Scouting skills. It was a Ken Marlow timeless classic and the students loved it!… Read more

First frost at The Cottage this morning! It was looking like a stunning start to the day, but with the forecast predicting clouds on the way. I decided that I should make the most of the conditions as there should be just about enough time to get up Tryfan before that happened. Sometime around 9:30… Read more

  Things actually turned into quite a nice afternoon weather-wise, with the leaves giving some stunning colours and the lake, perfect reflections.  But before all that, I had to pull out all the stops to keep my team motivated for an orienteering session! We were all togged up in so many layers that we could… Read more