I’m on a rock climbing expedition to the South West of England this week with a small group of students, and fellow Mountaineering Instructor, Dave (whom I did my teaching practice with over 20years ago!). On arriving in Dartmoor, we had a scramble on Hay Tor and the Low Man as the sun set and Read more

Lots been going on recently with very little time spare to record it all! In brief… The Cottage is undergoing a major upgrade!… In between all the work, we had a good local May Half Term week, with some social and activity packed evenings once the e builders had departed.. Highlight of the week was Read more

Finished another manic day in the chaos of The Cottage building project with a restorative and peaceful walk along the beach. Squalls of rain passed dramatically by over Anglesey, but we stayed dry. There’s an old tree that’s been washed up on the beach for months. It looks like dead driftwood, but amazingly there are Read more

Over the new few weeks, we’re finally taking the time to give The Cottage some upgrades. Step one is to install some internal insulation, which even to the untrained eye is definitely going to be a little ‘disruptive’ to our usual living standards. To try and make it as easy as possible, we’re basically having Read more

There was a very small weather window of no wind and good surf this morning. The only downside was that it was also pouring very with rain and the window was only open between 7 and 9am! Another early start ensued, and we rolled out of bed and straight into the van… Despite driving through Read more

To avoid the busyness of the National Park on a Bank holiday weekend, and to maximise of the small window of good conditions, we were up and out early with the paddleboards. Clare has spotted that there was no wind and blue skies forecast for the first few hours of the morning, before higher clouds Read more