“Continuing Professional Development” (CPD), is the term given to the process of keeping upto date and current within a job or industry. As a member of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors I spent the day at the National Mountain Centre attending a workshop on ‘Transformational Leadership’ for Mountain Leaders. The idea behind CPD is to… Read more

There aren’t many routes in the Llanberis Slate Quarries at our preferred grade that we’ve not climbed, so I was excited to return to the Trango Tower and try the new route that I’d noticed while working there on Saturday. It was beautifully peaceful up there today, with plenty of sunshine and only a slight breeze.… Read more

The morning started as a total blue sky stunner and on the drive over to Cader Idris, I was concern that we didn’t have enough water with us. But, the fickle mountain weather actually had us shivering on the summit rather than sweating!! After a wonderful early morning drive across Snowdonia, from about half way… Read more

Spent a very nice day over in the plateau area of the Llanberis Slate Quarry with a group of students.  After a bit of a nose around the peppermint tower, we opted for some bolted routes on the slab. The sun came out and we were enjoying ourselves so much we were almost late finishing!… Read more

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