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

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