Mountain Lifestyle

The Mountain Lifestyle Blog

  • Castle Inn Climbing

    Castle Inn Climbing

    Managed to make the most of an optimistic trip over to Castle Inn Quarry, for some outdoor climbing on dry rock. Thanks to a damp start to the day and late night, there was no rush to head out. We’d had a fun and sociable night out at a local gig, dancing away to a… Read more

  • A Bit of Bird Spotting..

    A Bit of Bird Spotting..

    It feels like I’ve been here, there and everywhere this week, with the only constant being that each day, for various reasons has involved a bit of bird spotting. Not my usual past time at all, but as Clare and I are still working our way back up to fitness, its been an outdoor activity… Read more

  • Riding to the Roastary

    Riding to the Roastary

    Today we followed a tip off from a friend who had told us that a coffee roaster had opened a little coffee bar where they roasted their coffee. It’s a driveable distance for us, but in a valley that we don’t often frequent, so rather than drive over, we decided that it would make a… Read more

  • Back at the Beach

    Back at the Beach

    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

  • Winter Surf

    Winter Surf

    Given the recent weather and predicted heavy snow falls, I’d rather expected to be spending the day skiing in the Carneddau above The Cottage. However, most of what fell was wet, sleety and melted by this morning, so alternative plans had to be made. Friends had notified my to the fact that there was some… Read more

  • Wet Weather Work

    Wet Weather Work

    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

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