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

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