On April 17th 2025, Greg’s Snowdog and I will start the 7-day climb to Everest Base Camp. We are taking on the challenge in memory of our beautiful son Greg, whilst raising funds for Tŷ Hafan. The trip has been organised and supported by the wonderful Mark and Matt of The Events Room. Mark is… Read More
Ascending two peaks in one trek is always fun, although this loop across some of the highest peaks in Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) from the National Trust car park in Cwm Gwdi (LD3 8LE) was particularly challenging. In early February 2025, the prolonged period of cold weather meant warm clothing was essential and Dean and… Read More
The BikeBoatBoot challenge for Tŷ Hafan was born from a conversation in a pub not long after the 10nTaff challenge in late 2022. Once again, day to day life had taken over and the team had not had a chance to get back together. I suppose you could say that we were all missing each… Read More
December 2023 marks a decade since I pursued my dream career of becoming a professional photographer. Over those ten years I have met and photographed amazing people including royalty and some of my sporting heroes. Many of the companies I dreamt of working with are now clients such as GE Aviation Wales and the National… Read More
The idea of the 10nTaff challenge originated sat outside a pub in 2019. As Dads of children who have been cared for by Tŷ Hafan, Brad, Chris and I all needed a new challenge to focus on after the successful 5in55. Without something to aim for many of us struggle. However, to generate the same… Read More
My year, both personally and professionally, has been dictated by the ongoing pandemic. Indeed, many of the images featured in this photographic review of 2021 may not have been taken without the Covid-related changes to our everyday life. As photography is both my profession and hobby, I take a lot of photos and I thought… Read More
My first training session for the Tŷ Hafan 10nTaff challenge in 2020 took place on 2nd January, with my last on 30th December. Over those 12 months, I hiked and cycled off-road a total of nearly 1,170 miles. This involved ascending on foot 82,000 feet and on my mountain bike 47,000 feet. That equates to… Read More
In the last week (9th to 15th March), my training for the 10nTaff for Tŷ Hafan has intensified, walking for nearly 5 hours and cycling for nearly 2.5 hours. Since the beginning of the year, I’ve walked 90 miles and cycled 54 miles. I’ve trained in the freezing cold, high winds and torrential rain. I’ve… Read More
