Last autumn I bought a 14ft dinghy that was about 40 years old. Since then I have been teaching myself how to sail and exploring my local coastline. This is the story of my first multi-day adventure, sailing around Anglesey.   Anglesey has some of the fastest tidal races in the world due to its location, significant tidal range, and complex geology. Sailing all the way round the island takes some planning and some decent weather - it is almost impossible to get perfect conditions for all of it so inevitably there will be some bits that aren’t as comfortable as you might like! This video is the first one on my channel to be sailing based and I hope the adventure from home appeals to viewers of my other videos. Rest assured though that more climbing flying and skiing videos will follow - perhaps combining all of the above with access via the sea. Sailing won’t be replacing anything I already do but it has opened up a whole new source of adventures and is another way of appreciati...

 It’s been a wet and windy one today. John and I stayed low and on the grippy rock to be found in Cwm Idwal. Thanks very much John for another great couple of days. 

 I’ve been out with John today on a greasy Tryfan. We started up Milestone Buttress scramble and then the North Ridge before climbing Notch Arete. The rock was never that inspiring but the views always were, another lovely autumn day. 

 A pretty special day in the mountains today. I’ve been out with Maya, Joe, Jort and Connor on the Mountain Leader Assessment we are running this week. We were in t-shirts above the clouds - just wow! 

Today was spent looking at all things ropes with the ML Training team. The scope of the award provides for the emergency use of a rope in ascent or descent and it’s always a good day. Who doesn’t like playing with ropes! 

Mountain Leaders are qualified to lead others in the mountains of the UK & Ireland which may contain unavoidable steep and rocky terrain. Our day was predominantly spent looking at how we look after those in our care on this type of ground. We headed to Tryfan as the wealth of rocky terrain that it provides is perfect for training on this aspect of the syllabus - and of course it gives a lovely day out too. It has been a beautiful autumnal day with far reaching views and sunshine and we've had some great discussions, lots of practical hands on application and of course some lovely movement. Another cracking day!