Blogs from Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe - page 10

Vse zacalo v patek uplne v pohode ... pujceni auticka, nakup potravin a cekani na Radku s Milankem, kteri dosedli na Lutonu s par minutami zpozdeni, ale presto nestihli bus do Bham. A tak prijeli az o pul druhe. Nicmene jsme jeste na par hodin natahli kostry a rano v pohode vyrazili smer Cymru (walessky Wales) ... Sobota Vse slo hladce az do chvile, kdy nam za Telfordem palubni pocitac ukazal, ze dosel benzin a benzinka v nedohlednu. Nakonec ale prece jen Fiesticka vydrzela az k pumpe, kde jsem ale pro zmenu zjistila, ze jsem doma zapomnela doklady od auta, kontakt na pujcovnu i pas. Mela jsem trochu po nalade a od teto chvile jsem se bala kazdeho auta, ktere by mohlo byt policie. Kazdopadne cesta ubihala, Milanek radeji spal, Rada povidala a navigovala, az jsme ... read more

Pictures from our trek up Snowdon, the tallest mountain in the UK.... read more

"It's easy", they said. "There were girls doing it in flip flops", they said. Apparently the 3 hour trek up Mt Snowdon, in Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, Northern Wales, is a piece of cake. Except if you're me. My roomates in Caernarfon told me it would be easy, though it would take about 5 hours up and back. Okay, thought I, I'll set off early, do the trek and chill out in Caernarfon for the afternoon. A nice easy day before I head off to Dublin. Evidently the gods were bored last Thursday. I should have realised something was going to go wrong when I woke up and it was raining. But I pushed on determinedly, packing my waterproof jacket and some lunch just in case. I managed to catch my bus at 8:40am and ... read more

First visit to Wales to climb Snowdon (our second of the UK 3 peaks, after completing Scafell pike last September). Weather was a bit rough but we were determined to do it after not being able to complete Ben Nevis in March due to too much snow and ice. There was still little patches of snow up the top, and the walk up the miners path was super, past two lakes, I could imagine in summer it would be even more beautiful. We did come off the main path a bit though and it ended up a tad treachorous but got through it ok but it was scary. It was satisfying to get to the top and Im glad the railway was not running otherwise we may have cheated and caught it back down. It was ... read more

We have officially commenced a career of hiking...None of this pussy-footing around, straight to the big guns for us! To Snowden and beyond!!! It was with such enthusiasm we headed to Wales for a weekend in the glorious Snowdonia National Park. It was a last minute decision really-a product of a 5-day weekend thanks to Easter and our mutual employers' policies of an aditional 'Easter Tuesday' holiday day..no complaints from us! So it was that we set off on the coldest Easter Saturday on record for several decades. Where just weeks ago we'd been reacquainted with the sun, basking in early Spring sunlight, snow had now descended upon us...and descend it did. It was fortunate we set off quite early as we later learned many roads in Yorkshire had to be closed due to the bad ... read more