Sunday April 9th 2006.
Another old diary photograph.
Snowdon...7.5 miles...Wintery.
I fancied a change today so here we are on our first walk in Snowdonia. At 3560ft Snowdon should provide quite a challenge in this wintery weather...As we left the car park at Pen y pass, Karen looked up and said "I don't know about this". We set off along the Pyg track,No sign of any Pygs or no sign of any Shyeep. We did follow a group of 3 blokes, one trailed behind so we gave him the name Floopy leg. We were soon battered by a flurry of hailstones which was followed by proper snow..The Crib goch route looked a big no no so we carried on along the main path. As we reached the summit strange ice formations covered the rocks. On reaching the summit railway building we commented on the fact that it looked like a giant ice cube. We found some shelter where we sat for a brew and a sarni but it was too cold to stop long. The only other people on the summit were a group of mountain bikers...A hardy bunch I thought...now for the tricky bit,getting down the icy path. We dropped down the Miners track with great views back to the summit. I enjoyed this walk, no doubt it will not be our last visit.
Sunday April 9th 2006.
Another old diary photograph.
Snowdon...7.5 miles...Wintery.
I fancied a change today so here we are on our first walk in Snowdonia. At 3560ft Snowdon should provide quite a challenge in this wintery weather...As we left the car park at Pen y pass, Karen looked up and said "I don't know about this". We set off along the Pyg track,No sign of any Pygs or no sign of any Shyeep. We did follow a group of 3 blokes, one trailed behind so we gave him the name Floopy leg. We were soon battered by a flurry of hailstones which was followed by proper snow..The Crib goch route looked a big no no so we carried on along the main path. As we reached the summit strange ice formations covered the rocks. On reaching the summit railway building we commented on the fact that it looked like a giant ice cube. We found some shelter where we sat for a brew and a sarni but it was too cold to stop long. The only other people on the summit were a group of mountain bikers...A hardy bunch I thought...now for the tricky bit,getting down the icy path. We dropped down the Miners track with great views back to the summit. I enjoyed this walk, no doubt it will not be our last visit.