I Have just come across Nick’s Blog and thought I would share it with you all – A wonderful photographer capturing the energy and beauty of Snowdonia. Powerful evocative images as we so often see on our walks through this beautiful terrain.
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Just before I started offering these guided days I was asked to do a video to help some students with their coursework. They wanted to focus on the tarot initially, but when they heard of my plans and preliminary experiments with spiritual mountain walking for others they wanted some footage of this too. On the …
Continue reading Spirit Animal for Spiritual Mountain WalkingHi everyone I was out in the hills this week for an evening walk and run. My intention was to head into the valley beneath Carnedd Daffydd and scramble to the top if there was little snow remaining in the sheltered crevices. I was somewhat nervous as I had failed to find the correct route …
Continue reading Lighting the WaySomewhat premature with my “Spring is Coming” post earlier this month now we have been plunged into the depths of winter again! The scenery here in North Wales is absolutely stunning though – when the cloud isn’t down. Snow everywhere and mountain and sky playing lost and found with each other. It is wonderful to …
Continue reading Winter returns!Being on Cnicht on Saturday was wonderful – I was going to just go straight up on the usual route I take from Beddgelert side, however on reaching the plateau at the bottom of Cnicht a hawk flew by me on my right at a really low level – it was gorgeous. I felt rather privileged to …
Continue reading Spring is coming!I thought I would let you all know how this last seasons walks have been going. I haven’t had the time to write up many of the walks as I had intended to however I have been able to post photos from most of the walks I have done with people on facebook so please …
Continue reading Years eventsThis week for solstice I had some personal time with my family and some friends in the mountains – we decided to do a long climb in the evening to celebrate and appreciate the amount of light on this day. Our venue was the side of Carnedd Llewelyn – the climb Amphitheatre Buttress, and low …
Continue reading Darkness descendsI recieved my quarterly journal on outdoor learning the other day. This journal presents papers on how learning in the outdoors benefits people, particularly young people, and how facilitators can improve their skills. This months journal had a really interesting study reported in it. Part of the study was looking at how being alone in …
Continue reading Solo, silent and alone time in natureI often like to walk in the evening in the mountains as it is a time of such peace. Popular mountains and mountain routes are so often empty of poeple after 5 pm and in these summer months it is light long enough to do quite a good route before dark. Last night it was …
Continue reading Evening time on TryfanTodays trip into the mountains was particularly special for me. I wanted to reccy a route for a upcoming race, and get some training in but was very tired this morning when I woke – I changed my intention to one where I would take it easy and learn as much as I could about …
Continue reading Making friends with the mountain