At the moment each time I blink another packed weekend comes out of nowhere & this coming one promises to be no exception! With the heatwave likely to subside just a little Capel Curig is clearly the place to be this Saturday it looks like being a great day. First things first, The Capel Curig Festival:- An afternoon on the Festival field (next to the Cafe) with something for everyone, Assorted stalls, Gwynedd Axemen, Shearing,

Sitting here typing this at just before 8:00 am on Monday morning it is hard to believe that it is already more than 2 days ago since Phil & I were heading off for our 3rd summit some 3 hours after we’d done likewise for our first. But don’t worry this post will not deal in the detail of what happened to us in the hours that followed, anyone wishing to pain themselves with that

Great to be able to confirm that more & more items are being donated for the Charity auction which starts at 9:00pm immediately after Mike’s Quiz so thanks to:- Jen of Go Below for confirming their early offer of two vouchers worth £98.00. Big Andy (via Pauline of OVMRO) for a Voucher for 4 People to do a full day Canyoning. Roger West for providing a new Vango Sleeping Bag. Anonymous OVRMO member for a

I can’t believe it has come round so fast but here we are with just 4 days to go & we are all very excited about it. Full details are on our ‘reach out for Nepal’ facebook page so I’ll only give a reasonable summary here, we hope we have something to interest everyone & that you’ll join us on the day. Except for a rather large party of North Wales Mountain Rescue Members we

This one will be short (honest) as the next post will take priority. Walked in Slippers all last week hoping the blister from hell would heal in time for the Trail Wales Half Marathon. Tapered impeccably until Friday when a trot 5K was needed first thing to see if the race was at least start-able, blister fine but calves had all sort of pains shooting through them, only one sensible thing to do, I committed