We are very pleased to announce that our current fund raising total for Reach Out for Nepal 2017 has now reached £10,429 which is just a fraction short of our target of £10,500. When combined with the totals raised in 2015 & 2016 this brings the total raised for the fitting out of the Melamchi School to circa £24,500 almost exactly the amount budgeted for the costs of the fitting out of not only the

It a very busy Saturday coming up if you are a runner in North Wales, as usual the various early morning park runs will kick things off. I haven’t done one yet but everybody I speak to who has seems to thoroughly enjoy them, my excuse is an early opening cafe, what’s yours? Then we have the Trefriw Mill Fell race, could well need good navigational skills if the forecast comes to fruition. A counter

Day 4 – Courmayeur – Rifugio Bonatti After a restful night the curtains are pulled back the view just couldn’t be better, the sky is a brilliant blue, the snow-capped peaks shining in White sandwiched between buildings in the foreground to left & right, can it get any better. Well yes it can actually, the two framed peaks are the la Tour Ronde & the Aguille d’Entreves which were my warm up climbs in 2015,

Having been back for almost a week & been a good boy trying to catch up with cafe business including Reach Out for Nepal (watch this space in the coming days for a full update) it is time to put pen to paper on Dorina’s & my trip to the Alps. I am going to try & focus it from Dorina’s point of view more than mine because although it was a shared experience I

Just a quick reminder that from Bank Holiday Monday onwards we will be closing at 6:00 pm with the exception of Saturday’s where we will remain open until 8:00 pm. We hope you have found time to enjoy our extended summer opening hours at some point this season.