Looking out of my office window at home it looks like a beautiful winters day here in Snowdonia. The paperwork for today is almost done & I am in a quandry. Should this afternoon be taken up with Chain Saw duties in the garden to help make sure Home & Cafe’s supply of wood for the Spring is in place (sensible) or should I go for a beckoning run through one of the Coed y

Thank you to everyone who turned up for the Eryri SMR yesterday at the Cafe. A great turnout of 20 or so with several new faces was rewarded with better weather than forcasted as we trundled off towards Llyn Crafnant before tackling one of my favourite climbs up through the forest towards Llyn Geirionydd before heading back via Llyn Goddionduon. This route combined sections of the Llyn Crafnant & 3 Lakes walking routes which are

Since my beating by Iain on News Years Day & having over exerted myself at the end of December I took things easier for a few days & felt it was a well needed ‘rest’. That said & despite a late night at the Cafe’s Open MIC night I did manage to get along to Eryri’s SMR on Sunday morning held by Steve & Ruth. With a good turnout we split into two groups &

Happy New Year, I hope you have some great plans to do something special in the Outdoors in 2015. I keep finding out this is the best way to heal the wounds & stay healthier than average. I have as you have seen become an addict but some addictions are good for you. My addiction since coming back from Nepal has now spread to reading about the achievements & experiences of others which are more

One final word from me this year. OVMRO have developed a new training plan, they get someone who should know better (no names, Chris Lloyd) to congratulate Dorina on her recent engagement (no neither Dorina or I knew we were engaged) in the hope that I will head hysterically to the hills & need to be talked back down to ‘Safety’ by their team members. It didn’t work Chris I was already running & now