From Snakes & Ladders
From Pembroke, summer's final blast
From A post CC AGM day in Cwm Idwal
From BMC 2017 AGM
From A weekend in Snowdonia
From Welsh 3000s and Remembering an old Friend
From MIA Training
From Llanberis Tradfest Weekend
From Clogwyn y Grochan

Snakes & Ladders

Tuesday, 2nd June 2026

After a couple days of sunny rock climbing on Anglesey the weather changed to rain – and so, having a willing partner, I finally got to explore the feared Snakes & Ladders circuit of the Llanberis slate quarries…

Pembroke, summer’s final blast

Monday, 30th September 2024

Nigel and I had long planned our September trip to Pembroke, and as luck would have it we found ourselves enjoying the fabulous climbing on the limestone sea cliffs in what turned out to probably be the best week of weather in the whole of the 2024 summer…

A post CC AGM day in Cwm Idwal

Monday, 26th February 2018

Although we did get out Saturday morning for a bit of bumble around the Llanberis slate quarries most of the day was taken up with CC business. I had a presentation to deliver about the Ynys Ettws refurbishment, then there was the AGM, talks from Mina Mina Leslie-Wujastyk and Maddie Cope, and finally dinner and …

BMC 2017 AGM

Monday, 24th April 2017

The 2017 BMC AGM was held on the 22nd April at Plas y Brenin, coincidentally Earth Day (more on that later). The AGM promised to be an extraordinarily complex event with two major motions on the agenda including a motion of no confidence in the BMC executive. Perhaps it was these issues, and the CC’s …

A weekend in Snowdonia

Sunday, 27th November 2016

Pete had multiple Climbers Club committee meetings this weekend in Llanberis so we packed the van and headed to North Wales on Saturday morning.

Welsh 3000s and Remembering an old Friend

Monday, 30th May 2016

My old friend Graeme, who helped inspire my love of the mountains, died this week. I did the Welsh 3000s Challenge in his memory.

MIA Training

Sunday, 10th August 2014

Recently I spent nine days at Plas y Brenin in North Wales on the Mountain Instructor Award (MIA) training course.

Llanberis Tradfest Weekend

Monday, 30th June 2014

Last weekend was the Llanberis Tradfest – a celebration of traditional climbing based in North Wales’ Llanberis Pass. The event was laid on through a collaboration between DMM, The Climbers’ Club, and V12 with additional support from Scarpa and The North Face.

Clogwyn y Grochan

Monday, 16th June 2014

After providing support and photographic services to Laetitia and Vicky at the Great North Swim in Windermere on Saturday morning it was time for me to high-tail it to North Wales for a CC committee meeting.