Another cool day with Mike today. We avoided the wind by staying on the East Face of Tryfan. We climbed up Nor Nor Buttress Direct, down Nor Nor Groove, up Bastow Buttress and then down the North Ridge. We bumped into lots of lovely people too - mega 😀👍

 I’m out with Mike this week for some long scrambles and easy climbs. We kicked off with the Clogwyn y Person Arête which gave for a beautiful day once the cloud burnt off. Ace! 

 Kerry and I headed up Dolmen Ridge this morning on the second day of our advanced scrambling course. It was lovely to bump into Paul and team and to miss the rain showers that came through in our walk in. We descended Bristly Ridge to complete a fantastic couple of days. 😀👍

 I’m out with Zoe and Kerry these next two days for some advanced scrambling. It’s been wild in the mountains so we have stayed low in Cwm Idwal. We went up Idwal Buttress into Idwal Staircase and then down Seniors Gully before climbing the Direct Start to Seniors Ridge and then descending Idwal Staircase right hand 😀

 I left home at high water yesterday morning on a flat calm sea and with no wind. I motored to Beaumaris where the wind picked up and I sailed down to Menai Bridge. The main aim of the day was to navigate the Swellies at low water so I sat on a mooring bouy for half an hour to get the tide right. Neap tides and the high pressure system meant a tranquil ride through. By the time I reached Felinheli I was scotched so a couple of hours in the pub was justified 😀 A lovely sea breeze got me most of the way home where I picked up a couple of hitch hikers 😂

 We’ve had a couple of recovery days after our big day on Monday so today felt good to be back in the hills. Claire and I made a conscious decision to not climb the Southern end of the ridge in our one day weather window so we headed that way today. It was pretty grim so we touched the top on Sgurr Dubh an DaBheinn and satisfied ourselves with that. Not much in the way of views but great to be moving and we enjoyed Orchids and Eagles on our way back.