Spent the afternoon on an eerie feeling beach on the west coast of Angelsey. The wind had dropped completely and dark clouds remained on the horizon, almost the same colour of the sea. The water was so still it had an almost oily look to it. Lying on my surfboard looking out to sea, waves Read more

Woke up to an absolute shocker of a morning! Trees were getting bent over in the winds and rain was pelting down! Not ideal conditions for a walk around Cwm Idwal, but hey ho! Having had such a peaceful evening, the difference in weather was barely believable! After getting a soaking and literally stopped in Read more

Racing the darkness!! The sun was just dipping behind the mountain ‘Y Garn’ as we pulled into the layby below Tryfan this evening. It didn’t take long to get upto the crag (although the Rockfax guidebook time of 5mins is a little ambitious!). Then it was harnesses on, rope out and get moving! We climbed Read more

Even with these extended sunny days, the sunsets are getting earlier and earlier. We went out to climb a new route in the ‘Never Never Land’ area of the quarry that we’d been told about this evening. Just to air on the side of caution, we packed headtorches in our rucsacks just in case the Read more

The bluebird weather continues and today there was barely a cloud to be seen. We were rock climbing today in the south of the Snowdonia National Park at a little known crag called Craig y Tonnau. – aka ‘The Rippled Slab’. I’d not been there in a few years, and judging by the state of Read more

The North Wales ‘Indian Summer’ continues! Had decided to go into Ogwen, but having seen the shady cliffs and felt the nippy wind blowing, we aborted and re-routed to the sunny side of the Llanberis Pass. Here, at the cliff of Carreg Wastad, we climbed three classic climbs, starting with Crackstone Rib. This was quickly Read more