I've attempted to gain access to this mine twice. Once successfully. And once this morning, unsuccessfully. Everything was going swimmingly as we arrived at Coed-y-Brenin forest in good time, parking the

I took a short drive out yesterday to visit Maen Achwyfan stone cross in the nearby village of Whitford in North Wales. The cross is shrouded in mystery and is a bit of a head-scratcher to local historians

When I'm not outdoors I'm usually stuck in a factory making insulated cladding panels for use in construction. I've worked there for almost fifteen years now and it's always been the same sort of working

Another early get-up seen us with a head start on the day. Not that we needed it; we'd cycled an extra twenty miles than we should have yesterday and were now within a stones throw of the bright lights

We woke at around 0820 to the sound of a farmer shrink wrapping some grass cuttings in the next field. The hot showers of the campsite had knocked us out and we'd slept an uninterrupted, much needed eight

Apologies for the delay in between posts. Parenthood doesn't like six-day bike rides, never mind writing about them! As idyllic as our camp spot was last night, we managed only four hours sleep and woke

Our last ditch, dusk camp location didn't actually look that bad in the light of day. After checking for livestock, we'd entered a small paddock, just off the lane, through an awkward wooden gate and closed

Well, it was finally here. The day we'd been counting down to for over a year and a bike ride, that we'd been dreaming up for over three years was about to commence. The panniers had been packed for weeks.

Two-hundred and ninety miles and four and a half days after leaving Holyhead, we finally pedalled into Cardiff bay on Tuesday afternoon. Here we are, bitten, battered, burnt and bruised, standing proud

I'm all geared up now for next months ride so it's time for the obligatory, birds-eye, faux wood floor, pretending to be in some far-flung Alpine cabin shot... When I say I'm all geared up, I'm lying through

I've literally walked this hill for almost thirty years. It's my local hike and the highest point in the two neighbouring counties of Flintshire and Denbighshire. From school trips right up to the present

Just a quick training update for my 250 mile ride in the summer. I received an email notifying me that my Cycle to Work certificate had been approved by my employer and my new whip was ready to be collected

The island of Anglesey (Ynys Mon) on the North Wales coast is home to almost twenty neolithic burial chambers. Not to mention its many standing stones, inscribed stones, stone circles, cairns, cave art

I just happen to have a friend who is a member of North Wales Cave Rescue. This accolade, gives the member (and his buddies) access to some of the coolest, lost-in-time, disused mines that are strictly

Last year I hiked the total ascent of Everest (8848m) over twelve months and thirteen hikes. I took up the challenge which my favourite outdoors magazine (Trail) pushes every year. I ascended a total of

I eyeball this ridge, as I'm sure most climbers do, every time I take the coastal drive on the A55 on my way to Snowdonia National Park in North Wales. Its location though, on the outskirts of the park

I've been getting a bit sick of the same old boring routes lately whilst out on the push iron, so I decided to throw the mountain bike in the back of the van and take the fifty minute drive up to the Alwen

Last year, I decided to add another feather to my explorers cap and purchased a sit-on kayak with the intention of exploring my local river a bit more. I chose the sit-on type as opposed to the spray-deck

Nice cool ride into Chester and back last night as the training for Lon las Cymru continues. Felt good and i'm getting more confident in attacking those hills. Caught the sunset on the way home and the

The bothy. A small hut or cottage, especially one for housing farm labourers or for use as a mountain refuge. The Mountain Bothy Association (MBA) pledge ‘to maintain simple shelters in remote country