Mountain Lifestyle

The Mountain Lifestyle Blog

  • On Criccieth Beach

    On Criccieth Beach

    We woke to find the first snows of winter coating the mountains of Snowdonia. Several scans of several weather forecasts convinced us to take a trip out west to Criccieth in the hopes of finding some sunshine to counteract the bitter cold. First stop was at Porthmadog as Neil fancied a ‘flick’ through the record Read more

  • Snowdonia Slate Trail – Ogwen to Betws-y-Coed

    Snowdonia Slate Trail – Ogwen to Betws-y-Coed

    It was a bit of a murky morning to be setting out on a hike, but the lack of any wind meant that the low clouds and mist actually made for quite a dramatic start as I set off with Neil and Clare through the Ogwen Valley on a section of the ‘Slate Trail’. The Read more

  • Sandpaper, Sawdust & Shelves

    Sandpaper, Sawdust & Shelves

    Since the window sill project completed a few weeks ago, I’ve moved onto building a small bookcase for our climbing guidebooks with the left over lengths of wood. I had a rough idea in my head of a design that might work, so made a small ‘mock up’ version of the joints to see if Read more

  • In and out of the mists

    In and out of the mists

    I left home this morning under a brilliant blue sky, but soon drove into a thick mist that was flowing out of the Conwy Valley and enveloping Llandudno. I was running an introduction to the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and during my morning presentation, we got a few glimpses of sunshine, although the mists stayed Read more

  • Tryfan Sunset

    Tryfan Sunset

    Once again, it was rather late to be setting out into the mountains at gone 15:30 in the afternoon, but a fine sunset was beckoning and I was hoping to move fast… Time had slipped by quicker than expected during the day, while I was busy making a lot of sawdust and preparing some measurements Read more

  • A Greeting from the Summit

    A Greeting from the Summit

    It was late in the afternoon, after a morning of admin, when we decided to get out into the hills. The sun felt low as we walked/jogged our way up to a mist covered Carnedd y Filiast. As we neared the summit, the clouds that we’d ascended into began to thin and suddenly, we broke Read more

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