After a crazy couple of days travelling across Europe and some serious sleep deprivation, I woke this morning to be greeted with this view from the door of my tent. The journey had been worth it at least! I’m leading a weeks trekking course, so to start off we went for some acclimatisation around the… Read more

Sometimes you don’t need to be on a mountain top to appreciate a good view. Travelling on the A14 to Stansted Airport, we stopped to admire this great sunset! Read more

Not normally one for soloing, but couldn’t resist stopping off at Tryfan Bach on the way to a conference today. No one was about. The slab was bathed in warm sunlight with a light breeze. It actually felt like summer. Perfect conditions. Was amazing climbing in T-Shirt weather and the slab is well endowed with… Read more

Nice day to be mucking about in boats. And in short sleeves for a change! Read more

The gales and rain lasted all night and well into the morning. We decided to try our luck on the coast, but the south westerly gales meant that most crags on Angelsey would be unpleasant places to be as well as wet. Having raked through all the options, we found ourselves mulling over the final… Read more

Today would have been classed as a grim day, by anyone’s standards and at any time of year; but things really ought to be better than this on the first day of June! Before the monsoon hurricanes arrived, you could see that there was even a fresh covering of snow or hail on the tops… Read more