Snowdonia April 2012

We walked along the farm lanes to the footbridge across the Alwen reservoir, the children diving into the last of the snow piled up at the side of the lane, seeing how deep footprints they could make and how much of it they could successfully project onto each other. …Continue reading->

Tryfan and the Glyders are wreathed in cloud as I sit here in the cottage writing this. Patches of sunlight highlighting the yellows of the moor. Yesterday we were up there, as my legs and in particular my knees are reminding me. We picked a good day for it, although the range of weather we experienced might indicate otherwise. …Continue reading->

It was past midday when I drove up to Pen-y-pass and, as expected saw the car park full. I turned around and headed back down to Pen-y-Gwryd to park on the roadside. Halfway down I met Andy (yes, he had changed his over-ventilated trousers since Tuesday!) slogging his way up having just done the same, and so I dumped the children on him and carried on to the bottom. A twenty minute slog back up the road to Pen-y-pass warmed the legs up nicely, but I was slightly miffed to see the others already setting off on the Miners Track.…Continue reading->