On a beautiful Sunday afternoon yesterday I completed the recce of the 12 Cafe Walks which Phil & I plan to run as part of our Reach Out for Nepal charity day on 25th June. It was an exhilarating run (up Moel Siabod) but I did get a little carried away & ran all the way up to the Daear Dhu ridge before settling into a pace more in keeping with what I should be

With all the excitement surrounding Doug Scott committing to do his presentation at our Cafe on 8th Oct. (see separate blog or our Events page for more details) I could almost be forgiven for failing to bore you with my latest running exploits, sadly you won’t be so lucky. I followed up the Half Marathon PB with a recovery run last Tuesday afternoon, this was later than needed as by then my sore calves had

We are excited to announce that legendary Mountaineer Doug Scott wil be giving his ‘Everest the Hard Way’ presentation at the Cafe on Saturday 8th October 2016. We have been working with Doug’s charity Community Action Nepal (CAN) & are delighted that Doug has agreed to come to Capel Curig it promises to be a truly memorable night in the heart of Snowdonia. The presentation will cover Doug’s 1975 first ascent of Everest via its

We have now gone live with plans for this years charity fund raising for the devastated Melamchi School in Nepal. For details simply go to the new page on our web-site titled ‘Nepal Charity Information’ John Rowell will be updating our Facebook page later this week. Hope you feel able to take part & or contribute in any way you can, all you have to do is make contact with Paul or one of the

Two weeks to go & still no idea what to do on My 50th, must sit down later & sort this out! With snow lying lower down last weekend there was plenty of running going on in North Wales if enjoying the white stuff on the hills didn’t tickle your fancy. Runners were out in force at the Anglesey Half Marathon, congratulations to Eryri’s Alun Vaughn who won in a new PB in under 1:10.