The tools were back out again today and our new van is starting to look like it’s ready for a summer road trip. Between the showers I managed to make a sofa bed and install a removable worktop for cooking and brewing up on. It’s quite a neat little design (even if I do say… Read more

Where to adventure to next? This morning was a mixture of admin, planning and head scratching… Where to go this summer that has great climbing, great weather, and great potential for some fun summer adventures?… Well after much research, we still have no destination decision, but decided that we ought to start sorting out the… Read more

It’s been the first morning in a while that I’ve not been racing out of bed to get somewhere! Instead, we had a leisurely start with some planning time over a coffee on the sofa. After hooking up with some friends in the village, we watched the Felinheli Carnival go past and enjoyed a bit… Read more

An amazing day to be working on the Lake! Had to jump out of my canoe and swim, just to survive!  Llyn Geirionydd was idyllic, even though it was a little overcast. It even rained a bit, but given the 27degree temperature, it really didn’t matter! Read more

3.55 alarm call this morning! Too early!! But at least we had somewhere good to go! Up Cader Idris in mid-wales with some students.  A beautiful but crazy hot morning! Was 18 degrees at 4am and kept rising as the sun came up. It’s always brilliant to be up in the mountains so early in… Read more

A quick hit in the Llanberis Slate Quarries this morning! Perfect conditions for teetering up some slabby slate, so we went over to Vivian Quarry. The temperature was a balmy eighteen degrees, with some high level clouds to keep us warm enough for t-shirts, but cool enough for hands to not be sweaty! We’d not… Read more