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

Kayak rolling in the ‘warmth’ of an indoor swimming pool today. I’ve been at the indoor kayak pool today at Plas y Brenin teaching kayaking skills. It was a bit of a mixed group, with some students just happy to practice a bit of paddling and learning how to get in and out of the… Read more

Crumbs! Blog post number 100! Well time has sure flown by since I started this blog in the Alps this summer. And it seems to be serving it’s purpose well – “for documentation, inspiration and motivation”. It’s good to be able to look back and see where all that time went and see that it… Read more

After a really grim start, we ended up with a beautiful afternoon canoeing down on the lake. Heavy rain right from the word go this morning lasted until after lunch, accompanied by a strong northerly wind. Luckily I was working with a fairly ‘robust’ group who toughed out the harsh conditions (my hands were numb… Read more