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

Was over in Ravenglass today – on the west coast of Cumbria. After a dismally damp, grim start to the day, things perked up with a surprise encounter with this lovely lady! (or a very good cardboard cut out at least).  Eskdale was a bleak place to be camped, so I soon headed to the… Read more

A much finer day to wandering across the Lake District fells! I’m doing some work for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award; supervising some students on an unaccompanied Gold level expedition. After seeing them through the first check point, we found time to get a very quick route in at Wallowbarrow Crag again – bonus! This… Read more

Wallowbarrow Crag is home to some fine rock routes in the V.Diff to VS range. This evening, it was also home to billions and billions of Lakeland Midges! Swarming everywhere! Up your nose, in your ears, on your eyes – we needed full coverage! It was prime conditions for the pesky little critters. Warm, damp… Read more

I’ve spent the last couple of days in the Lake District around Lake Windemere and Coniston. The traffic has mostly been… local… Between jobs, we called into the Swan Hotel for some morning coffee, as tradition now dictates. A bit of drizzle sent us inside, but as a consolation bonus, we found a comfy sofa!… Read more