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

It’s always a good idea to check the length of the rope you are about to abseil on is long enough to reach your destination. We started out our day by abseiling down the sea cliffs of Castell Helen. We had our own abseil rope, but having found one insitu, we decided to just head… Read more

Another fine day at the beach today and finishing with a quick trip up into the hills for sunset! Spent most of the day Paddleboarding around the little islands off Rhosnigr Bay. (No photos, as I didn’t have a waterproof camera with us). All finished off with a visit to the crepe shop for a… Read more