This is the view from the balcony this morning! By 11am the thermometer was reading 22degrees and the UK was feeling a very long way away. We didn’t fancy rushing off from the land of luxury, so enjoyed a full English breakfast, followed by a full Maltese one, followed by a fresh omelette and several… Read more

Someone said to me last week, ‘You two are like a little pair of House Martins; you always fly south for the winter’. It tickled me and I couldn’t really dispute it either as it has become a bit of a tradition. Following an early yet speedy start from The Fort, we hit a bit… Read more

Over the last few days I’ve been on a bit of a cross country Christmas Dinner tour! And where we had no time for dinners, we at least hooked up with friends for some pretty fun Christmas drinks of some kind.   After getting down to London, we met up with Andy for a Mexican… Read more

I seem to have spent quite a bit of time on Tryfan over the last few weeks, but there are so many good ways to the summit, I was extremely pleased to get a text late last night suggesting that we should make an ascent of the North Ridge today in the company of some visiting… Read more

The last few days have passed in a blur of festive days and late nights. One evening I was part of the winning team at the Beacon Quiz after a very social and tiring bouldering session, another I was at a party at the Great Orme Brewery in Llandudno and in between all that I’ve… Read more

There was such an incredibly colourful sunrise this morning, that I had to stop the car so that I could take a minute to appreciate it properly! The mountains were silhouetted black and the clouds were on fire. I couldn’t stop where the best views were, but even down in the hollow, I could still see… Read more