Only one day to go before I head off for this year’s sojourn to the Alps, do I feel ready? absolutely not! It’s been a hectic lead in, as usual reasonably self-inflicted, but think I will get there despite a spinning head saying you’ve got to do this, you’ve got to do that…. Still some good progress has at last been made. Yesterday after being short staffed at the Cafe some un-planned pots were washed

Last weekend was another busy one at the Cafe with a couple of large groups including Kingswood School taking advantage of our 8:00 pm opening hours, these extended hours last daily until the end of August giving you more time on the hill before returning for a deserved re-fuel. This also brought sighs of relief from Mike & his Prestatin party after a full day traversing Moel Siabod & the Glyders. Arriving at the Cafe

Just a quick update on the latest figure which has now gone up to just over £5,300! Simply great, we are reviewing the next step of getting the money directly to the School when John, Corin, Mike & I meet up at the Cafe within the next couple of weeks. Watch this space for more details in due course. Big thank you to those who have donated in the last week whom have got us

So you thought you’d escaped did you? Well think again, here is the definitive account of what we went through last Saturday, apologies to no one other than Phil just in case I miss-represent what he experienced in any way. With John & Marion arriving at the Cafe to join Dorina to cheer us on our way we set-off at sunrise, 04:51 to be precise, on our first summit bid. The pattern we set would

John & I did a reconciliation yesterday of the amount raised so far & I am very pleased to announce that we came up with circa £4,800.00!! That is simply a brilliant response from everyone involved whether actively on the day or through your support of this very worthy cause. I can also confirm that it has edged higher since , particularly with a £100 donation from someone on the Isle of Skye so we