December has been a bizarre mix of me buzzing around between training courses, equipment checking and general admin, while Clare has been Cottage bound having been stuck down (literally bed bound), by Cryptosporidium (not recommended at all!). While Clare has been either sleeping or attempting to stay hydrated (food has been off the menu recently), Read more

Clare and I had intended to spend the day up in the mountains on a long walk or scramble, but neither of us could quite summoned the required energy. And with temperatures at The Cottage only just above freezing it felt bitterly cold out, so we put the idea on hold… In the shelter of Read more

Having been to Conwy plenty of times over the years and driven past it considerably more, I finally had the chance to take a look inside the town’s famous castle! It’s free to walk around on the top of the town walls, but for about a tenner, you can get inside and wander through the Read more

Every three years since around 1995 I’ve done a two day outdoor and emergency rescue first aid course. I was still at school when I was invited on the first one, and since then I’ve kept the certification up to date as part of my mountaineering qualification requirements. This course was particularly fun as it Read more