It’s been a pretty grey couple of days, and despite the water levels being perfect for a trip down the Ogwen, I managed to restrain myself and get some work done at The Cottage. I did pop down for an afternoon stroll by the river to check it out. Afon Ogwen at prime paddling levels Read more

Bonfire night & my ‘Brain Day’!  Been doing a bit of route setting in the bouldering wall today. Enjoyable work with a good group, with plenty of sunshine streaming in through the double doors at the entrance. It’s been cold, but we must have been working hard as we didn’t notice it! After meeting some Read more

Woke up today to find that there had been a snowfall in the night! The tops of the Carneddau and Snowdon range were all covered with a good dusting, which made for an impressive sunrise (despite my pictures looking a but murky! Daylight revealing the first real snowfall Winter arrives in the Carneddau I’ve been Read more

A drastic change in temperatures today! And with it, the first dusting of snow across the top of the Carneddau mountains of North Wales. It’s been a full on day of ‘weather’, with some sunshine, strong winds, periods of calm, all interspersed with some insanely heavy downpours and ‘bursts’ of bright sunlight. Rainbow over Moel Read more

Been on a different kind of adventure this weekend in the big smoke! It’s only a three hour train ride from North Wales, but it feels like you’ve been teleported into a whole new world! People, noise, hussle and every option of food and drink under the sun all packed into every street. We packed Read more

It felt like we made the most of living in North Wales today and managed to pack a lot of good stuff in! We started off with a very sociable morning with visiting friends at The Cottage. The weather has been crazy warm today – the thermometer hit 20 degrees this afternoon in the valley!? Read more