To celebrate, yes celebrate, my 40th year on this beautiful planet of ours I’ve decided to push myself. My 40 before 40, however, isn’t intended to be a bucket list of uber-cool adventures, crammed into a crazily jam-packed 365 days. No, my 40 before 40 needs to take account of my job and everything else that real life actually throws…
One of the best things about living in North East Wales is the fact that we have access to miles and miles of awesome coastline. With countless adventurous activities to keep our mouths grinning and our adrenaline pumping, we really are one truly lucky bunch of people. Despite having previously turned my hand to a plethora of adventurous activities from across the interest…
Having lived all of my life in North East Wales, I proudly like to think of myself as its biggest fan. The landscape, walking trails and history make it a place that I genuinely adore and cherish. However, by my own admission, I have been missing out. Despite whiling away countless hours on the glorious…
Ice climbing in the UK can be a short-lived seasonal affair. Our winters are notoriously fickle so, when the ice arrives and consolidates, you’ve got to hope and pray that you’ve got days off before the next mild front blows through to spoil your fun. As such, developing your skills can be a tricky affair….
A couple of weekends ago I was invited to speak at the awesome South West Outdoor Festival. This annual event is an adventure-filled get-together of like-minded people who all have one aim: to have as much fun in the great outdoors as possible. As such, once my speaking duties were over, the adrenaline-fuelled thought of…
At the end of 2019 I will turn 40. Forty: the age that I looked on in my twenties as positively ancient has finally caught up with me (or me with it!). Consequently, the other night, with myself supping a chilled glass of wine and Nat enjoying a fancy gin (complete with a flotilla of…
Our nation is getting fatter, experiencing more mental health issues, and spends more time watching screens than ever before. We’re hoping that the first ever National GetOutside Day, taking place on the 30th September, will raise enough awareness to begin to reverse this worrying trend. Organised by Ordnance Survey, the aim is simple: to…
As a family who is always on the lookout for fun days in the great outdoors, we were delighted to hear about a new family-friendly event right here on our doorstep in North East Wales. MythFest promised to combine traditional Welsh storytelling with music, outdoor theatre and forest school activities. It sounded great but did…
School holidays sometimes get a bit of a bad press. Working parents often find annual leave hard to come by or childcare cost crippling. Stay-at-home parents suddenly find that their cupboards are increasingly bare and their kids, who are used to structured, unitised segments of tasks and activities at school, break free and run wild….
For a guy who, over his lifetime, has, at most times, been considered pretty fit, not being able to reach my previous heights has undoubtedly affected me. Take running for instance: I went for a 5 mile run last week and my pace was significantly slower than the last time a ran a marathon a…
