With a damp start and only the slightest of indications of a drier afternoon, my group and I ’employed our adventurous spirit’ (as one student said), and set off into the woods to find the cliff of Clogwyn Cyrau above Betws y Coed. Given the forecast, it was the most sheltered place and the crag most likely… Read more

Down to single figures today! Only a meagre eight degrees up at the Skyline Area of the Llanberis Slate Quarries! Belay gloves were even required! The forecast afternoon of blue skies never quite materialised, so at least my new Rab Jacket got some usage. It’s a Vapour-Rise Guide Jacket, and today, its best feature (apart from… Read more

We’d decided to have a leisurely start today and let the heavy rains of the night pass by. By the time we were up and about things were brightening up nicely. Especially after a holiday breakfast of Banana Pancakes and fresh coffee! We had booked tickets to go and see the Poppy display called the… Read more

Heavy showers continued to plague the planning process for today’s rock climbing group and conditions outside first thing were all pointing towards a day at the Indoor Climbing Wall. Knowing an area well enough to know what different areas are like in certain conditions is certainly an advantage, but today I really felt like I was… Read more

Today has been the first day of bad weather that we’d had in ages! Much worse than forecast, so I had to scrap plans of climbing on the sea cliffs with my students and headed indoors instead. On the plus side there was a mini-festival happening at the Boardroom Climbing Wall, so there was much… Read more

Out and about in Canoes today, although we didn’t get far! It was super calm and still in the lagoon where we started, but outside the shelter of the bay, and strong, cold easterly wind was blowing! It looks nice in the photo, but the wind was really cold and the water really choppy. We… Read more