After all the excitement of Clare’s birthday and late night of Cottage socialising, the day got off to a slow start. Neither of us had the energy to drive off to the distant cliff that we’d half planned on climbing at. Instead of racing off out into the day, we enjoyed a splendidly leisurely morning… Read more

It’s been great to have been able to spend Clare’s birthday together and especially on the hottest day of the year so far! It was such a stunning morning, that we went straight from bed and into the river for a pre-breakfast birthday wake up. Bliss! We had planned on going rock climbing on the… Read more

Not many photos this week as I’ve been swimming, jumping, paddling and climbing in and above the water, so not ideal camera terrain! On the whole, the weather has been glorious, so well timed for a ‘wet’ activity week. I’ve swum most evenings somewhere near The Cottage as well, which always makes for a refreshing… Read more

After a full on day of staff training coasteering along the lower cliffs of Anglesey, we made the most of the weather conditions by staying on to climb some of the bigger ones. We’d lucked out with the warm weather as most of the day was spent in and out of the water, practicing rescue… Read more

Without any particular planning, the past week I’ve been swimming every day this week! A combination of warm weather has happily coincided with me being in some beautiful swimming spots, with enough time to spare to get in the water. On our way to a party on Saturday night we stopped off to ‘freshen up’… Read more