Route setting and bouldering all afternoon! Indoor climbing is not normally my choice of venue during daylight hours, but gale force winds and heavy rain made it rather appealing today! It’s surprisingly tricky to set a good bouldering ‘problem’. You can’t just screw the holds on anywhere. The best ones require the climber to give… Read more

There’s snow on the hills! The first of the season and having not seen the forecast yesterday, it was quite a surprise to wake up to this! It was 16 degrees when I drove home last night; the temperature had dropped right down to 6 this morning!  The rivers are still up after a week… Read more

Stormy sunset this evening! Had a good bouldering session this evening. Now that the clocks have changed, it feels ok to go climbing indoors.  Then we went to see an evening showing of the new James Bond film! Given that we rarely go to the cinema, we were both very excitable – felt like a… Read more

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