Morning sun over Snowdon A day to remember! As an avid collector of ‘experiences’, this one will go down as a real corker! There’s a couple of longer stories involved here, but to cut a long one short, after spending the day working on a team building challenge, on a cold and windy Padarn lake, Read more

Felt like I’d been exploring around Jurassic Park today! I’ve actually been teaching orienteering and navigation in the woods but it’s been a bit dull and damp, which made the whole place feel a bit pre-historic! Even though I’ve been there so many times, I still find that there’s so much to see if you’re Read more

Indoor climbing today! At ‘The Boardroom’ – a relatively new indoor climbing wall near Queensferry and totally brilliant. I was working with a group of students, and we had a pretty full on day teaching knots and rope work, climbing multiple routes, doing fitness training and getting a good bit of bouldering in as well. Read more

It all felt a bit dark to be getting up early this morning, but it was well worth it! Firstly, there was a major light show going on up in the sky above the mountains. Secondly, I stopped to take the photo below, as there was a huge buzzard just sitting on the fence post Read more

There’s been an amazing blanket of cloud across the Carneddau mountains today. I took a walk this morning along the track from The Cottage to get a better view before breakfast. There’s an easterly wind blowing and it felt super fresh – especially having come straight of of bed! Early morning duvet over the mountains Read more

Another beautiful day in the National Park here in Snowdonia, although the temperatures have certainly started to drop. Took a walk up the Miners Track on the flanks of Snowdon this morning to climb on a little crag called Craig Aderyn. Despite being so close to such a well frequented footpath, it’s really tucked away Read more