It felt a bit ‘early season’ for camping this weekend, but I’ll take dry weather with cool temperatures over warm and wet! I was assessing a group on a Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expedition, that were following sections of the scenic North Wales path. The high level route gives great coastal views and has Read more

Hard to believe, but Winter’s not quite over at The Cottage and a thick frost had to be negotiated before I could set off Once things had warmed up a bit, I spent the day over on the west coast of Anglesey. Here we were sheltered from the easterlies and able to spend a very Read more

I took the van to Llandudno today with my bike stashed in the back. After a day of meetings and ‘desk work’, it was a real joy to cycle away with the wind at my back and the sun in my eyes. We’re very lucky to have a good cycle route that leads pretty much Read more

In the direct sunlight, the weather has been glorious, and for a while, during the morning, we were working in T-Shirts in The Cottage garden. Anywhere exposed to the wind was a very different story! Up in the quarries, the views of Snowdon were great, but best enjoyed from the shelter of a rock pile! Read more

The last few times that I’ve climbed Cader Idris, the views had been reduced by summit clouds, but today our luck was in. Great views all morning looking north across Snowdonia, although a little hazy out to sea. It turned out to be quite a tiring day as I had to organise a split in Read more