Sun, Sun, Sun In The South

Day 2 of working at Trewern OEC. Today we started with an introduction to climbing - bouldering and bottom roping. Everybody quickly got into it and moved through the problems. By the end they were creating their own problems and we finished with them definitely wanting more.
In the second half of the day we went for a mountain walk going up Red Gully initially, then moving up to Twmpa (Lord Hereford's Knob). Everybody is now really looknig forward to canoeing and gorge walking over the next 2 days.

International Day On The Black Mountain

Today I found myself heading for the Black Mountain in the Brecon Beacons National Park. There was a conference of opticians from Cardiff heading for an adventure in the Black Mountain and we were keen to deliver...

Today I was working for Adrian from Foundry Mountain Activities. Also working was Steve Lewis another MIA from Swansea.

In my group I had 4 from The Netherlands, 1 from Nepal (he loved our 'mountains')and another from Saudi. We all spoke the common language of - we want to get up that hill... We didn't have much time but managed to have a terrific day on Fan Hir and Fan Brycheiniog, a circular route taking in Llyn y Fan Fawr. I thought I'd lost the 2 boys for a second when they decided the Llyn looked good enough to swim in. Dragging them away, we managed to get back to the pub for drinks all round before the coach turned up.

Sun, Sheep and Slopes

The stunning weather continues. Time for a hill walk to stretch those legs. There were crowds of people, sheep and dogs all over the hills. Many were heading for Pen Y Fan (first photo) and Corn Du (third photo). We had to share the paths with some proud parents and their Kids / Lambs (second photo) - in the end they beat us to the summit - it's not a competition !


The visibility was good, but I couldn't quite see back to Gower. Incredible weather - could only be improved with a touch of snow...