Stage three of our long distance hike presented us with a nine-mile hike to the mountain-bike friendly village of Llandegla. Finally, unlike the first two stages, storms Ciara, Dennis and Jorge had pissed

I was asked this week if I would like to help convert some local wooded wasteland into a new mountain bike track. This golden opportunity came about when a friend of mine inquired with the coastal ranger

Leg two to our long distance hike is familiar territory. The ten mile route takes us from the village of Bodfari and up onto the line of hills that span North East Wales, known as the Clwydian range. I've

On most of the world's river's the changing of the tide is hardly noticed. The transition from ebb to flood and back again is gentle and often slow, rising only a few feet and then slowly draining away

Running the entire length of Wales is a huge ancient ditch. The ditch, known as a dyke, spans 182 miles from Prestatyn in the north to the English town of Chepstow in the south, roughly following the modern

I've been captivated this week by the lifelong work of Alan Wilson. Wilson, a Welsh historical researcher claims to have evidence that reveals the first ancient people of Wales were the lost tribes of

Just a quick one with some more shots discovered on the long lost SD card. A nice early morning visit to South Stack whilst visiting some ancient burial sites nearby. An unusually calm Irish sea and some

Whenever I try to sort through some old things I regularly get distracted by small nuggets of nostalgia that I've hoarded over the years. Whether they be old photo's, ticket stubs or interesting looking

I'll be honest, it's been a struggle to drag myself away from the warmth of the house lately but today I finally gave myself the kick I needed and got myself up in the mountains for an early start. It

In late spring 1940, almost half a million allied soldiers were backed into a corner by the might and aggression of the advancing German army. Abandoning tanks and supplies, they were driven to the coast

Isolated from the surrounding beauty of Snowdonia national park in North Wales is the old mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog. Due to it's ugly, industrial reputation, it is excluded from the park and stands

I'm the type of person that rescues spiders out of the bath tub or ushers trapped flies back outside again. I always have been and I assumed I always would be. Until, that is, an unfortunate situation

I've been snatching every opportunity to get outside lately. I get two weeks off over the holidays as the factory where I work shuts down for annual maintenance. Susceptible to severe cases of cabin fever

We usually attack this trail on the mountain bikes, but today, with bellies still full of Christmas nosh, we opted for a nice gentle stroll in the mist around the Alwen reservoir in Denbighshire, North

Scattered across the British countryside, as there are in many countries are hundreds of concrete triangulation pillars. Redundant skeletons of the original surveying methods of the last century. On their

Capel Curig. The wettest place in Wales and one of the wettest places in the whole of the UK; according to the Met Office's measurement of annual rainfall. However, at the height of summer, this particular

There were lots of Sunday walkers out today so I opted for a neglected trail heading up to the peak of Moel Fenlli, avoiding the crowds and going somewhere I hadn't been for a couple of years. Foel Fenlli

The Carneddau mountains in North Wales are my favourite winter hiking spot. They are the most Northerly of Snowdonia National Park's mountain ranges and cover around 200 square kilometres (10%) of Snowdonia

The North ridge of Tryfan, in North Wales is probably the most sought after scramble in the UK. It has been voted by Trail Magazine as Britain's favourite mountain and was climbed regularly by Sir Edmund

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