Wet Welsh Holidays
Murder on the SS Titanium
My sister booked a cottage in North Wales for us all to have one big family holiday. Well, I say cottage, but it’s more like a mansion. It’s an amazing house just south of Blaenau Ffestiniog. We just had to take advantage of the beautiful surrounding and host a murder mystery dinner party… The setting …
Gogarth
It was a bit damp in the Welsh mountains on Monday, so we headed out to Gogarth the take advantage of the nicer weather out that way. We had a late start, and it took a while to get there, but we met Richard and Helen at the South Stacks car park at 11.15. Helen …
BRO Call-out to Little Neath River Cave
I know there’s a cave around here somewhere…
North Wales is a sunny place after all…
Dinas Mot
We had a lovely leisurely start to Sunday morning. Hanging out at Ynys, drinking tea, chatting, and eventually deciding where to climb. The problem was, it was all a bit too hot. We needed somewhere reasonably shaded and not too far to walk. The obvious choice was Dina Mot. We started out on Gardd. I …
Ogwen CC Guidebook Launch
After a day climbing in the Ogwen valley at Milestone Buttress, where we did one of the most polished routes I’ve ever done, Super Direct. It starts with a shimmering layback and is followed by a slippery jamming crack. Although the polish does disappear on the shockingly exposed top pitch … perhaps most parties scamper …
Tremadog Festival
Filling the action photo gaps for the new Tremadog guidebook was the objective of this year’s BMC Tremadog Festival for the gathered group of CC guidebook workers… Steve (author) got this picture of me on Craig y Castell.