Rainbow on Yr Elen Did a very nice circumnavigation of Llyn Padarn today with some students in Open Canoes, as part of an introduction to expeditioning by canoe. A few showers blew down the lake, but the temperatures are still warm, and for most of the day the lake was calm. We were right on Read more

A cold, bleak day to be messing about in boats, but managed to have some good fun despite the bitter temperatures. Not being much of a sailor myself, it was a rather novel day, doing some safety training up at Llyn Brenig sailing club.   Psyching up to take to the waters! After wading through Read more

Moel Berfedd Summit view It’s been another dry day, but with a much cooler wind today. Having found out that I’m now an Uncle, we popped out for a quick circuit of Moel Berfedd. It’s a good place to practice your micro navigation skills as there are ring contour features all over the place and Read more

Got a bonus day in the hills today – last night the forecast was predicting a total wash out today, but the met office had totally changed it’s mind by this morning, suggesting an overcast, but dry day which is exactly what we got. So having planned to have an indoor day, we decided instead Read more

North Wales at its finest again today! It’s a pretty long drive down to Cader, but today it was well worth the early start. The drive there was spectacular in itself, with morning mist hanging in all the valleys and mountains sticking up above the sea of clouds. Not a breath of wind either! Early Read more

Although on land it felt a bit nippy for such antics, once we were in the water, it was still plenty warm enough for a bit of coasteering (due in part to the very expensive wetsuit I was wearing!). There’s a great cave that you can swim into, that goes a long way back into Read more