Happy Easter from France! We’ve just spent a few days rock climbing above the village of Orpierre in the south of France. We arrived on a beautiful warm day in Marsaille. From there it’s less that two hours drive north to the cliffs of our choice – on the way we also passed plenty of… Read more

Cold and clear today. I never normally take my camera or phone when out for a run, but the mountains were looking so good, I wanted to get some snaps as I made my way up the Nant Ffrancon Valley this afternoon. It’s super nice to be able to run here straight from the front… Read more

I was in the throws of a very productive expedition planning session on the computer this morning, when I received a text asking if I fancied going climbing. My initial response was no way, I’m in the zone here and have got tonnes to do, but then after a few minutes, I replied again saying… Read more

Without a group in tow, I made a quick trip up and over Tryfan this morning. It’s so conveniently close to the road and such a great scramble, that it can be done as a ‘quick hit’ from The Cottage and still leave plenty of the day left to get on with less exciting admin… Read more

On the way over to Tremadog today, Si and I made a spur of the moment decision to pull up below the little visited crag of Craig y Gesail. I’d not climbed there in quite a few years and he’d never been, so we quickly changed our plan and decided to head up for a… Read more

Admin, un-packing, sorting, cleaning, planning have all been part of today. With an Alpine trip looming, and high pressure maintaining the settled weather, we left The Cottage just before lunch for a bit of leg stretching!     Our ‘local peak’ of Carnedd y Filiast was perfect for a quick hit. It’s all gentle walking and… Read more