And Breathe.

Wow, what a busy couple of months, it seems as though my feet have not touched the ground. Since my last post it has been nonstop work with September full of Princes Trust, School groups and team building weekends. A busy October has seen big weekend groups of charity walkers, adventure weekends and some more training work with PDS and Totem. The raft in the picture below is the culmination of one of the team exercises on the lake. Now looking forward to a more relaxed half term week and then onto Snowdon Marathon weekend which again will pick up the pace of work.

Coasteering with Alpkit

On bank holiday Monday Claire and I had a great day out at Porth Dafarch with the Alpkit, staff, family and friends. They were even nice enough to buy me lunch after, what a good day.

Me briefing my gang.

Me waiting for my group to come and join me.

Ty Coch Music Night.

Last night was spent on the beach at Porth Dinllaen for another of the Ty Coch summer music nights. Hi::def Sound System was out in support of the FREEDOM Vs ::definition Sound Clash.

Callum on the decks. Chillin' on the beach.
Getting set up.

The view for the first beer.

Nefyn Coasteering.

I was lucky enough to escape the office again today to find a beautiful sunny day at Porth Dinllaen. The day was then spent coasteering with Simon and Mandi before returning to Llanberis.

Simon in a classic jumping pose.

The climb out at the end.

Cubo 18 Build

This evening has been spent in the workshop making a Cubo 18 for Greg. I have not made one of these before and am looking forward to hearing it.

Pete and Nicky Visit

As Pete and Nicky were visiting this weekend I decided to take off my first weekend in months, I had definitely forgotten how nice it is. We managed to fit plenty in amongst a good few pints. Friday evening was spent messing about on Padarn Lake once I had finished the days kayak sessions. After eventually surfacing after a heavy night we managed to venture out onto Y Garn and the Glyders for Saturday afternoon for what must have been my first mountain walking day in four or five years. The weather was pretty grim but good to be out with mates.

Me playing about on Llyn Padarn.

Pete and Nicky happy to be on the water.

Pete and Kelv route finding.
The gang refuelling.

Nicky hiding from the rain on the Gribin Ridge.

Baystock Festival 2011

This Friday I was DJing alongside Dan as part of the ::definition crew at Baystock. Baystock was a festival organised in memory of the of a friend of the organisers and as a fund raiser for Help the Heroes. We had a really good night if a little weird and disjointed. It all started off with the drive there, the site was farmland along single track road but someone had rolled their car blocking this so we had to wait for the road to be cleared. After being set back by the accident we had to get set up quickly, easier said than done because by now the wind and rain had picked up. We ended up spending the whole night trying to keep the gear dry. I remember at its worst I was having to wipe the rain of records while they played. The trip home was no easier as we had to pick our way home around the back roads of Anglesey to avoid another accident on the way home. In the end made it home for 2am in time for sleep before getting the guest breakfast ready.

The view from a soggy and windy main stage at Baystock.

Dan (V.E.N.O.M) hiding behind our tarp.
Ebony trying to protect the laptop.

The crowd at Baystock 2011.