Hoorah!! I’ve finally finished tweaking the guidebook that I’ve been working on! It’s an introductory guide to winter mountain walking in Snowdonia, North Wales. It’s a downloadable PDF guide – check it out via the link below…  NEW! Winter Guidebook – Front Cover https://www.facebook.com/SnowdoniaWinterMountainWalkingGuidebook/app_149792611866853 Roll on winter!! – But until then, I’m off down to Read more

Blue skies and no wind made the grey skies, storms and surf of the previous week like a distant memory! Wales at its finest today! The temperatures were cool and crisp, but in the sun it was T-Shirt weather! The swell was due to drop, but we decided that with the weather being so good, Read more

The surf phase continues… You’ve got to be there to find out. Unfortunately, an early(ish) start from The Cottage to catch the tide at a certain beach almost proved fruit-less this morning. As calculated, the bay was nice and sheltered, but sadly without any real waves to surf! After a particularly refreshing walk along the Read more

Been Cottage bound for most of the day. We’ve had a productive, but tiring day of planning, searching and not without a fair amount of head scratching! We’re putting together a plan for a rock climbing road trip around California, which is going to be amazing, but there’s a lot of planning to get done Read more

Woah!!! Bigger waves today, but it was the increase in wind that was the real difference. After checking all available options, we sat in the van at Cable Bay, Anglesey looking out to sea. It wasn’t even 9am; the van was rocking violently in the wind; the sea looked like a battle field. To top Read more

Trailing the back hand… Totally mega day in the surf on the west coast of Anglesey. Insanely windy, but found a spot with just enough shelter to provide some really great rides… Despite the wild feel to the weather, there was even some sunshine and magical beams of sunlight out on the horizon…..and once again, Read more