I’m sitting here in the Coffee Shop, warming up after some early season canoeing today! I was a bit concerned that my fingers would be too cold to be of any use this morning, so made sure I was well wrapped up from the word go. As it turned out, after some morning drizzle, it Read more

More hiking today, but this time out on the coast of Anglesey at Penmon. It’s a beautiful part of the Island (the South East tip) and today provided some dry weather and some welcome shelter from the cold Northerly winds. The mountains looked fantastic from across the Menai Straits. With the tide on its way Read more

It’s been another great Sunday for some winter mountain walking in snowy Snowdonia. Not as sunny as last week, but much more in the way of snow today! It’s a long hike out from the village of Racub to Bera Bach, but the ascent is gradual and never too hard. It’s another pretty wild part Read more

Took some students down to the Llanberis Mountain Film Festival today. Had been grey and wet, but there was some great evening light across the lake when we arrived. Stopped off for a brew and a quick game of chess on the way at Dinorwic Lodge with John, before going to a great lecture by Read more

Woke to a good covering of snow at The Cottage, so decided to head out with the skis and see how conditions were in the mountains. It was snowing quite hard as I drove out… …but then suddenly, the skies cleared and soon sunlight was glaring off the fresh snow. I was wishing I had Read more

It’s promising to be another exciting year of travel and adventure, but with that comes a lot of planning! Been multi-tasking between different upcoming climbing, ski touring and trekking expeditions!  It’s fine being office based when the weather is like this outside though!! Read more