My first time on snow shoes in North Wales today while witnessing some incredible weather pass by (and through!). While ascending the slopes of today’s peak, it was bitterly cold but lovely in sunny. Over Angelsey, we could see huge Nimbus clouds forming. Unfortunately, after a while it became clear that they were heading straight… Read more

We woke to find the first snows of winter coating the mountains of Snowdonia. Several scans of several weather forecasts convinced us to take a trip out west to Criccieth in the hopes of finding some sunshine to counteract the bitter cold. First stop was at Porthmadog as Neil fancied a ‘flick’ through the record… Read more

It was a bit of a murky morning to be setting out on a hike, but the lack of any wind meant that the low clouds and mist actually made for quite a dramatic start as I set off with Neil and Clare through the Ogwen Valley on a section of the ‘Slate Trail’. The… Read more

Since the window sill project completed a few weeks ago, I’ve moved onto building a small bookcase for our climbing guidebooks with the left over lengths of wood. I had a rough idea in my head of a design that might work, so made a small ‘mock up’ version of the joints to see if… Read more