Nice start to the trip, that involved lots of socialising, no cars and no slow motorway traffic!  Took a nice walk around the fields and woodlands of Oake in the morning, before a great afternoon of BBQing, eating and sunning to celebrate a family birthday. Total food fest… Yum. Very relaxing indeed.  Read more

On the road again! Heading South this time to road trip around the ‘West Country’ for a bit. Having loaded up the van with the bare essentials for such a voyage – (surfing and climbing kit), we set off under blue skies. Up high though, some weird things were happening with the clouds.. I always… Read more

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