We set out into another good looking morning at first light. You’d think that in a day that begins with temperatures of -6°C there would be plenty of ice falls to choose from, but that didn’t turn out to be the case. At our first stop, at the gorge below Vermok Bridge, we found very… Read more

It took the time we’d got up, had breakfast and left the house, before any light appeared on the horizon this morning. With the sun only putting in an appearance from 09:15 to 15:20 we were keen to make the best use of daylight hours. We drove downhill into the misty Rjukan Valley in search… Read more

A cosy night in the van near Llandudno was needed to prevent this morning’s early start becoming an unpleasantly early one. I was up just before 5am to pick up the awaiting student team. John did the first drive of the day and by the time the sun was coming up, we were having breakfast… Read more

While the storms were battering the north coast of Wales, The Cottage remained relatively untouched thanks to the protection of the nearby mountainside. Travel was not recommended, so I spent the time getting the final bits of climbing equipment ready for next weeks adventures… Going on a bolted rock climbing expedition can be quite a… Read more

Once again, I seem to have been here there and everywhere recently! We had a great few days at Fort Martin at the start of the week, with an ‘even earlier than usual’ Christmas dinner with some of the family in anticipation of spending quite a bit of December away from home. Back up in… Read more