I’ve been a North Wales tourist today! A good friend from Africa showed up unexpectedly last night and had the afternoon free today, so we hooked up for a tour of the National Park! Ice creams and Pete’s Eats for sustenance, while touring the sights and shops! A great way to catch up with each… Read more

The views weren’t exactly alpine, but the temperatures gave the kind of contrasts that my group and I might experience while hiking in the Alps next month. Today was the last in a series of training days for a team of students who are going to be hiking part of the Tour du Mt Blanc… Read more

Well, the water is still cold, but today the temperatures we in the mid-twenties until late into the evening. Fantastic! A light breeze and a bit of cloud cover made for great canoeing conditions for a day on Llyn Padarn. After the session and while my canoe group were off to get changed, I stripped… Read more

Snowdon summit was pretty much as busy as I’d ever seen it today. It’s been a blisteringly hot sunny Sunday, so there was no chance of parking the mini bus at Pen y Pass by the time we got there. I dropped off the group I was working with, then went back down the pass… Read more

Llanberis Slate Quarries – like a scene from Dr Eveils lair in a James Bond film… ‘Bella Legusi is Dead’ (E1, 5b) is a classic climb of the Lanberis slate quarries and well worth the walk down to find it! It’s been a while since I was last down at Rainbow Walls, but we followed… Read more

I met Clare this afternoon in the little village of Dyserth, near Prestatyn for a little area of North Wales climbing that I’ve never visited. I’m currently reading the climbing autobiography of Andy Pollitt, who grew up in the area. An area called ‘Castle Quarry Crag’ was mentioned in one of the early chapters; I’d… Read more