A fine spring morning, with light winds and blue skies made for a good day to visit the beach! To be fair, the wind was a little bracing and the sea was rather numbing of the toes, but there was a lightness in the air and it felt like summer was on it’s way. It Read more

A mixed bag of conditions working on the rock this week. Waterproofs and even gloves at times in the Ogwen Valley earlier in the week after a late season frosty start. I’ve been doing some skills training for an expedition group that I’ll be taking to Cornwall in a few months time. Nick was working Read more

A last minute plan suddenly came together to head over to Bala for some white water kayaking. After last weeks day on the Llugwy, the psych was high for some more time on the water, and with a wet and windy day on the way, kayaking fitted the bill. It had been a couple of Read more

After just over three weeks away, we arrived back home to lighter evening, but snow still on the mountains. It felt like we’d been away for so long! Even memories of being in Turkey felt like weeks ago. It took a while to get back into the swing of Welsh life. Unpacking, cleaning and tidying Read more

We had a change of location and temperature since our anniversary! On our final day in Turkey, we had a long swim and snorkel near Datça, followed by a final coffee at the harbour cafe, where we happened to bump into our friends from Wales again! All the impromptu chat resulted in slight rush to Read more