After a morning of Cottage jobs, the day was refusing to give way to the forecasted wind and rain, so capitalising on the spell of brightness, we returned to the coast to soak up some vitamin D and big views. The tide was low which gave us plenty of space to hike north along the Read more

There’s been some shockingly poor weather for working in the outdoors this week. Weather warnings, threats of snow fall, gales and biblical amounts of rainfall have made for some tricky decision making and several changes of plans. As multiple low pressure systems passed by, the needle dropped off the barometer and but luckily I’ve finally Read more

Overcast, drizzle and gales… Doesn’t sound like the best day for a beach walk, but the east cost of Anglesey was at least one of the more sheltered places in North Wales today. We’ve both been fighting off a flu type thing since last week, so it seemed like a good low effort hike and Read more

This week I’ve been organising and running a student climbing competition at a climbing wall in Llandudno. I didn’t have to set any of the routes this year, so it was great fun just having to check them all out before everyone arrived! This was followed by a rock skills day outdoors at Castle Inn Read more

It was nice to see a few more signs of Spring after returning home from a residential weekend away with students. After spending almost all of December and the start of January away from The Cottage, we’ve had to give the place some love and attention. When we arrived home from Greece, we had water Read more