Heading north on the long drive to the highlands of Scotland for some mountaineering… Read more

Been indoors today – route setting and bouldering.  Which finished with a really great bouldering session. Bouldering how it should be – interesting moves on routes (known as ‘problems’) that have the satisfying ingredient of needing to be ‘worked at’ to achieve success. And of course, with a bunch of happy, motivated and psyched climbers! Read more

While the bad weather is already back in the mountains, we decided to stay on the edge of the National Park and conduct our navigation skill lesson in the lee of the prevailing conditions, over near Conwy. The weather was far from perfect, with intermittent heavy pulses of rain, but it was a lot nicer Read more

Blue skies have finally returned to North Wales! For the first time in almost a month, the skies cleared and we were all reminded what a lovely place it can be to live! This is the view looking northwards from the private woodlands above Bodnant Gardens in the Conwy Valley… Where today, the sun was Read more

With 61mm of rain falling within 18 hours yesterday at The Cottage, it was hardly surprising that there was a bit of water pouring off the mountains today! A brief ‘window’ in the recent weather of persistent gales and rain, meant that us mountaineering instructor types had the chance to leave the indoor climbing walls Read more

I’ve been at a GPS training workshop today, learning all about how they work and how we, as mountaineers can use them effectively and efficiently. As a member of The British Association of International Mountain Leaders (BAIML), I have to show evidence of continual professional development, to prove that I am both current and up Read more