A fabulous night for a night paddle down the Menai Straits in open canoes! Not a breath of wind and low clouds meant that the phosphorescence show was brighter than I’ve ever seen! A magical light display on water. If you don’t know what phosphorescence is, then google it to find out more, but it’s a Read more

I’ve been grafting for the National Trust today at Bodnant Gardens in the Conwy Valley. I was with a group of students who are working towards getting their ‘John Muir Conservation Award’. We were tasked today with clearing brambles and trimming bushes to make the entrance to the gardens look a bit more appealing. It Read more

There was just the tiniest amount of frost on the windscreen this morning and the air felt much colder than it has in a long while. I’ve been out orienteering today – or rather observing an orienteering lesson. It’s really interesting watching someone else teach – you get to see different ways of doing things, Read more

After finishing with my group, Clare and I managed to race up into the quarries to get a few climbs in before the sun set. We’d not been up to the ‘Australia’ level for ages. The walk was beautiful in the autumnal sunshine and although the temperature were dropping fast, it was refreshing to be Read more

A slightly different kind of Saturday this week. I’ve been away on a residential course with an international bunch of students and we spent the day experiencing a few local sights. We started off at Caernarfon Castle, which was actually pretty good fun! We had a good nose around the battlements and towers before having Read more

Clouds coming and going above Llyn Idwal Some times the gamble pays off; sometimes it doesn’t – but it’s usually always worth a try. I set off into Cwm Idwal this afternoon with the vague inclination that the thick clouds that were capping the mountains, might be inclined to break up a bit later in Read more