Managed to have a proper mini-holiday this bank holiday! The sun was (sort of) out, there were (sort of) waves at the beach, and loads of friends to enjoy the day with. Starting at The Cottage, we met up with various friends during the day – some of whom we hadn’t seen for ages. We… Read more

Things were looking much brighter this morning! A good day to start decking out out our new van and making it useable for our next adventures wherever they might be. Before getting started, we had a bit of a kit sort out from our last trip, and decided that this carabiner had probably done more… Read more

Grim, grim, grim in the mountains today. A day for getting the fire lit and staying indoors! Gales, wet snow and generally rather unpleasant. Having said that, we did venture out in the evening to a rather wet (but excellent fun) BBQ at Rhoscolyn. Sometimes the though of getting out side is worse than actually… Read more

Just had a great evening scoot up Ordinary Route (Diff), on Idwal Slabs. Sheltered from the cold easterly wind, the rock was warm to touch in the late afternoon sun.  We started climbing at 6pm, just as the shadows started creeping up the cliff. We moved fast and stayed in the warmth of the evening… Read more

After a blustery day up on the Denbigh Moors at Llyn Brenig, the April showers eventually cleared. By evening there was not a cloud left in the sky. We took a walk up on to the side of Moel Faban to make the most of the evening sun. Sheltered from the cold wind, it was… Read more

Had a great walk into the Nant Ffrancon this morning in the sunshine.  After coffee with friends at The Cottage, we had hail, then more sunshine. Optimistically set off to climb in the slate quarries, but got shut down by several heavy showers.. By evening, the sun was back! Read more