In a happily unplanned way, I ended up with another group of students at the Bird Hide near the Menai Straits again this weekend. How would have thought that a lively group of youngsters we get so transfixed with such an activity! I’ve never know a group be so quiet for so long! Using binoculars Read more

There’s a new section of the North Wales coastal path that I’ve been wanting to hike for a while. After a few days down in Loddington, I finally got the chance, over two days and in contrasting weathers. Day one was particularly wet and with minimal views in any direction. Time was mostly spent treasure Read more

A super wild day all across the UK today as Storm Isha passed by. All planned Outdoor Education activities were cancelled in advance, but I still managed to get out into the 80mph winds to ‘get a feel for it’. The weather charts were particularly pleasing to view even though they were forecasting bad weather! Read more

To make the most of the arctic conditions, I took some students ice climbing today! It was scheduled as being the first training day of a rock climbing expedition group, but we all decided that the activity still had some transferable skills and we ought to make use of the experience. So instead of a Read more

Woke up to a little more fresh snow this morning. Needless to say, it was chaos on the roads, after a few false starts, I got to where I needed to be! Things became much more relaxed once my students and I reached the woods where we were to spend the day discovering, exploring and Read more

With ice climbing conditions starting to form in the mountains, but without any available daylight hours, I decided to head out into the night to see how frozen things were in Cwm Idwal. It was a particularly cold and clear night. It was -2°C at The Cottage when John picked me up and two degrees Read more