“Climbing has given me an excuse to live a life slightly less ordinary and has allowed me a freedom that so many people don’t have access to”. These are the words of fellow member of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors, Libby Peter, who is also part of the Rab Test Team that I am involved… Read more

Getting stuff in the post these days is becoming less and less (apart from junk mail from Screwfix and B&Q etc), but today the Postie delivered something we’d both been waiting for – Our Australia Photobook! After every big trip, we try and make one for occasional flicking through and reminiscing. It’s great to look… Read more

High pressure and blue skies looks like the theme for the week, so it seemed rude not to take advantage of the conditions and get out rock climbing in the mountains. We opted to head for a sunny crag, rather than the shade of a long mountain route and were glad we did as a… Read more

Working outdoors with young people has certainly seen me in some fun and crazy places over the years, and this weekend’s mini expedition to Anglesey was no exception. We’ve been camping on the Island for a couple of days and taking part in various exciting marine based activities. The first of which was a fishing… Read more

Part two in a sequence of Orienteering lessons today, saw me hanging out at Parc Padarn on the edge of the Llanberis Pass. It’s a beautiful spot and tourists were arriving by the coach load all day, to shuffle around the Slate Museum and Railway. The best views though require only five minutes of walking up… Read more

Despite the ever present threat of rain from up in the Llanberis Pass (at the end of the Lake in the photo below), we stayed dry for our day of Canoeing on Llyn Padarn. There was however, a very strong wind (bordering on a gale), blowing down the lake towards us. We tucked into the… Read more