Having climbed Tryfan and Snowdon this year, I jumped at the chance to try some abseiling with local adventure company T’n’R Coaching in Llangollen. I booked onto one of the half day climbing sessions and met up with my instructor, Paul at T’n’R’s base at The Boathouse at Chirk Marina. Joining me on the course was the Mawby family; Steve, ...

  Over the past couple of years drones have become massive business, whether as a toy, a new element to your photography and videography or as more and more people are finding out, as a sport. Drone racing is growing hugely as a sport not just here in North Wales but worldwide. Traditionally to get into FPV flying, remote control ...

Geocaching in Cwmorthin Quarry I don’t usually go out of my way to look for Earthcaches. The general idea is that you make your way to the published coordinates and educate yourself about the significant geological and geographical features found there. In order to log the Earthcache and claim a smiley, you have to answer questions set by the cache owner, ...

To support the Year of Adventure 2016 visitwales.com are launching a pop-up art installation in six of Wales’ most EPIC locations. Here at extremenorthwales.com we’re asking for you to submit your selfies against the gigantic EPIC mirrored letters and tell us exactly what your EPIC is.  EPIC will be placed in some of Wales’ most breath-taking spots for one week at ...