Tough conditions again for the soaking runners and soggy artist on day 3 of the Dragon's Back Race 2025. Wet! Wet! Wet! Poor visibility on Cadair Idris at the start of the day and impossible to paint anything but managed to see some runners through and soaked up the atmosphere, took some shots to use later and then ran back down. Drying off back in the van, warming myself with a tea, I deliberated for some time about whether to also go up Pumlumon Fawr. Would the weather be a

A brighter start but eventually beaten by the rain and midges. So this was my beautiful spot for the day: Looking towards Rhinog Fawr and Rhinog Fach, across Llyn Hywel The weather held up long enough to get some paint on and see runners coming through. I actually love these moody skies for my paintings but trying to paint en plein air for these is a big challenge. A lot of my paintings have troubled skies because that's often how it is when running and rac

Raging streams and moody skies! The heavens opened. Streams and rivers were in full spate, the trods and trails were in full spate too. But it is beautiful whatever the weather. I joined the event team late on Saturday and on Sunday I ran up from Conwy Castle into the surrounding hills on the start of the DBR route. Looking back on Conwy So, the weather was a bit brighter on Sunday and I managed to get some painting done. A view of the runner looking back towards the start