Today has been the first day of bad weather that we’d had in ages! Much worse than forecast, so I had to scrap plans of climbing on the sea cliffs with my students and headed indoors instead. On the plus side there was a mini-festival happening at the Boardroom Climbing Wall, so there was much… Read more

Out and about in Canoes today, although we didn’t get far! It was super calm and still in the lagoon where we started, but outside the shelter of the bay, and strong, cold easterly wind was blowing! It looks nice in the photo, but the wind was really cold and the water really choppy. We… Read more

There was a real holiday vibe in the air today as we ventured out to the sun soaked west coast of Anglesey. Following a tip-off from a friend, we were searching out an area of coastline and cliffs that we’d not visited before – despite it being only a twenty minute walk from the beach where… Read more

Carreg Mianog is a friendly little crag on the mountain side of the Carneddau that, for some reason sees little attention from climbers. It’s a steep but easy thirty minute walk up from the valley floor and on a cool but sunny October afternoon, it’s a nice little sun trap. There was a bit of… Read more

Wonderful conditions for mountain walking today! Blue skies, virtually no wind and a cool air temperature meant that we were never too hot and sweaty as we made our way up from Ogwen Cottage. We climbed up to Cwm Bochllwyd and the onto the South Ridge, which is the right hand skyline in the photo… Read more

Employed a real range of climbing experiences and instruction today – both inside and out! Started off with a morning of route setting in the bouldering wall with a very eager team of lads. We were up and down ladders and moving holds at great speeds, trying to create the perfect boulder problems. Ones that… Read more