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

Much less hilly walking today, but still a good sized hike! I’ve been out on the western tip of Anglesey at Newbrough Beach. Actually, we spent most of the day hiking trails through the forest as part of a teamwork and adventure day. Amazingly it stayed dry all day; it was raining heavily at both… Read more

Red sky in the morning; shepherds warning! The sky was on fire at sunrise today! A beautiful sight to enjoy while breakfasting, but a definite warning that bad weather was on its way. And sure enough, the ‘signs in the sky’ made an accurate prediction. After yesterdays beautiful weather and the colourful sunrise, the skies… Read more

We were out on the remote side of the Carneddau today in wonderful hill walking conditions. Due to it’s relatively inaccessible location, the summit of Foel Grach recieves much less visitors than all the other 900m+ peaks in Snowdonia. It’s well worth the extra effort involved and (if approached from the east, as we did)… Read more