Another ‘Sunday Summit’ day today. Over the past three Sunday’s I’ve been up Cader Idris, Snowdon and today we had a good hike up and over Tryfan, with a birthday party celebration on the summit for one of the teaching staff! Climbing Tryfan is a shorter day that the other two peaks and with better Read more

I don’t often get involved with sailing activities, but today I was up at the Lake assisting with a few RYA sailing courses on a beautiful, but baltic day. Llyn Brenig is the highest sailing club in Wales, so often attract the mist, but today we arrived to glorious blue skies as we rigged the Read more

There wasn’t quite a frost on the ground this morning, but it can’t have been far off. Perky conditions for my final scheduled paddleboarding trip for a while. But while the temperatures were low, the skies were blue and there was barely a breath of wind. Good conditions for one of my final paddleboarding sessions Read more

After the early start on Snowdon on Sunday, I was somewhat zonked the next day. Clare and I had a very chilled walk along the beach, which also involved a little sunbathing and snoozing! Incredible warm conditions at the coast, when only a few miles away, the mountains were damp, wet and cloudy! With a Read more

We’d set out from Llandudno at 04:30am in the hopes of witnessing the natural glory of a mountain sunrise, but sometimes things don’t quite go to plan…. I’d had a very comfy night in the back of the van, bedding down early in order to get some rest before setting out. The wind rocked the Read more