Orienteering in the woods near Conwy today! A good place to shelter from the wind; managed to miss most of the rain and had some good active fun. But only after sitting here for an hour and ten minutes this morning! Luckily I had hot coffee onboard and passed the time listening to an interview Read more

Not only was there another 25mm of rain at The Cottage, there were gales of 85mph in the mountains today. The rain was heavy and persistent all day long. Going into the mountains was out of the question! Instead, we took the planned ‘introduction to navigation’ lesson inside. This meant there was less moving about, Read more

The torrential rain in north Wales continues, but this time with gales too! Driving along the coast road this morning, the wind was whipping spray off the surface of the sea, up into mini ‘twisters’. Amazing to watch! If I could have pulled over, I’d have taken a photo! Given such conditions, we spent a Read more

A busy morning of route setting ready for a bouldering competition this morning. Luckily there were a few of us and some pumping tunes to keep the psych high and the work rate at a phenomenal level! Sometimes, it can take a while to create a good route, but this morning we were all in Read more

Another full and busy day, but this was a little less exciting, having spent a large chunk of it on the motorway… I’ve been up near Lancaster on a training course with the Institute of Outdoor Learning. Weather’s been dreadful, but I picked up some good knowledge and met some nice people.  On the way Read more

What a beautiful morning!… And, oh what a wild night! Sometimes good things just happen to you and today was one of those days, as we suddenly found ourselves on the guest list for Catfish and the Bottlemen’s sell out tour! After a glorious day of orienteering, we sped east to the bright lights of Manchester’s Read more