It’s not often that we purposely try and seek out a rock climb in the shade around these parts, but believe it or not, climbing in the full sun would have been toasting today. The morning shade on Milestone Buttress at the base of Tryfan was the perfect temperature and thanks to a light, warming… Read more

Up at the Skyline area of the Llanberis Slate Quarries, summer was in the air. It was freakishly warm, the flowers were out and the rock was hot to touch… We took a little journey up a route that we’d done years ago called ‘Act Naturally’ VS (4c), which was the perfect route to do,… Read more

Started off the day back in Hospital getting another x-ray done on my foot. It’s been six months now since it got trodden on and it’s still not mended. Thankfully, the docs seem to think that it is healing well and probably still hurts because it’s not been given the kind of rest that a… Read more

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