Mountain Lifestyle

The Mountain Lifestyle Blog

  • Storm Surf

    Storm Surf

    In the wake of the storms, a huge swell was forecast for a few fleeting hours this morning in a window of weather, where the winds dropped and changed directions. We dragged ourselves out of bed to go and have a look. Having not surfed since May, we knew that the usual spots would be… Read more

  • Cader Idris

    Cader Idris

    I’ve been working on a lot of water sports this week, so there’s been a lack of photographic evidence of various paddle boarding and more coasteering antics. On Sunday, I was up and out early to make an ascent of Cader Idris. Usually, a late start would be fine at this time of year, but… Read more

  • Expedition Training

    Expedition Training

    I’m just back from a four day Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award training expedition around the south side of Snowdon. Having just packed away my own kit and had a refreshing shower, it seems like ages ago, we were starting out, checking tent poles, making shopping lists and getting ready to go. We certainly had… Read more

  • Sawdust & Celebrations

    Sawdust & Celebrations

    I’ve been down at Fort Martin for the past few days, where we’ve had a bit of fun working with wood. I’m hoping to create some new window sills for The Cottage from some tropical hardwoods that Dad had set aside for ‘something useful’ about 32 years ago! Mum and I set to work on… Read more

  • Birthday Fun

    Birthday Fun

    If you have to be working on your birthday, it might as well be fun work! I’ve been celebrating my youth today guiding a group of students down, up, across and off some of the dramatic cliffs of Anglesey. It’s been an un-usual cold spell of weather, with temperatures plummeting down in to single figures… Read more

  • Climbing on Pen Llŷn

    Climbing on Pen Llŷn

    At the end of May was invited to the Climbers Club book launch for the new climbing guidebook to the Lleyn Peninsula (titled ‘Pen Llŷn’). It was such a busy time for us, that I purposely didn’t even open the new book so that I couldn’t get distracted from the various expeditions that I was… Read more

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