We are all to aware of the respect that you need to show to many of the terrains and mountains in North Wales.But we Stumbled across this great little film by Santiago Pilgrim on youtube. View his channel here Here is the excerpt from his post. After a filming job in Birmingham, we headed over to North Wales for a ...
Adrenaline junkies are being given the chance to start a new career in adventure sports. A unique training opportunity is being offered to increase the number of outdoor sports instructors in Denbighshire’s Dee Valley to meet rising demand. Denbighshire County Council and Cadwyn Clwyd are contributing funding to provide subsidised training sessions on paddle sports, white water rafting and first ...
Based on the outskirts of Betws y Coed in North Wales, those fabulous guys at zip world have come up with another UK first, and yet another instant hit for the adventurous. Fforest Coaster opened to the public on Wednesday 10th May and we were lucky enough to have opening day tickets. The Fforest Coaster is the first Alpine coaster ...
Every once in a while a product will get announced that makes us stop, gather around a monitor and say “WOW! we need one of those!!” A week or two ago we stumbled across the MOAR ebike. A fantastic looking, practical, folding, electric fat bike. MOAR is designed to strike a perfect balance between every-day practicality, raw power, and pure ...
North Wales is famous for its glorious natural wonders and outstanding scenery; features which help bring in holiday makers from around the world all year round. However, one of the lesser discussed associations is Motorsport; a theme which runs throughout the area. Not only does North Wales play host to the annual Wales Rally GB (set to take place at ...
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 ...
Excitement is building across North Wales, as thousands of geocachers travel to the region ready for Mega 2016, on Saturday 6th August! As an official sponsor, Extreme North Wales has been working with the committee to promote the Mega and show the geocaching community exactly what North Wales has to offer. We will be attending as many events as possible ...