I’m off again… This time I’m in ‘International Mountain Leader’ mode, to the French Alps for some trekking with a group of students to hike a section of the world famous ‘Tour du Mt Blanc’ trail.  It was a typically smooth journey, with only a few small hiccups along the way. These included some missing… Read more

Rain has been forecast all day and the threat has been around since this morning, but it didn’t materialise…. until later…. We decided that we might just have time to sneak a route in late this afternoon, so headed into the quarries under overcast skies. We got the ropes out in the ‘Serengetti Area’, just… Read more

I found a little friend today who seemed to have jumped the nest a little early! He was walking around outside, looking a little disorientated, so I gave him a drink and somewhere to shelter for a bit. Hopefully, his parents will come and find him, or he’ll give the flying another go after a… Read more

The threat of rain has loomed large for most of the day, but it has amazingly remained dry. Last night’s heavy rain has been evaporating hard, causing thick mists – I needed the lights on driving in the van in the afternoon! But the moisture has at least sent the leaves and flowers into bloom.… Read more

It’s not often that we purposely try and seek out a rock climb in the shade around these parts, but believe it or not, climbing in the full sun would have been toasting today. The morning shade on Milestone Buttress at the base of Tryfan was the perfect temperature and thanks to a light, warming… Read more

Up at the Skyline area of the Llanberis Slate Quarries, summer was in the air. It was freakishly warm, the flowers were out and the rock was hot to touch… We took a little journey up a route that we’d done years ago called ‘Act Naturally’ VS (4c), which was the perfect route to do,… Read more