We’ve taken a holiday from the mountains and nipped down to the bright    lights of the big city to spend a few days with the family and be urban tourists! We left behind the vast open spaces, the peace and quiet of the hills, the open roads, and got stuck straight into the popular Read more

Another day, another blue sky stunner in the mountains of Snowdonia! Today, Callum and I headed up to make a link-up ascent of some classic climbs on nearby Idwal Slabs. Given the weather and the popularity of the climbs, we went with an open mind, but amazingly had the routes we wanted all to ourselves! Read more

For those looking for some beta, the usually dark and shady cliffs of Glyder Fach Main Cliff begin to catch the sun at 16:00 at this time of year and remain basking in sunshine until dusk. And this is exactly where we spent our Bank Holiday afternoon. It’s been crazy busy in Snowdonia, with cars lining Read more

Back home at The Cottage and time for a rest this weekend. After all the recent busy travels, The Cottage has been a little haven of quiet chilled-ness. And the weather in North Wales right now is perfect. Not a cloud to be seen and just light winds. Ideal conditions to be taking advantage of Read more

We had a bit of a false start today, hunting for a crag, up in the hills that we couldn’t find. We were certainly close, but the walk in didn’t look very appealing and neither did the crag (if indeed it was the right one!) In the end, we cut our losses and moved onto Read more

Well it’s been a very leisurely day today, with some nice shady slab climbing to finish. After last nights night climbing, we had a late start followed by a rather nice lunch down by the sea front, where we spotted another dolphin out in the bay. Around mid afternoon, we made the hot walk up Read more