http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Snowdon/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , Wales , Snowdon en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:12:33 +0000 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:12:33 +0000 A few weeks back we had the opportunity to go and climb Mt Snowdon in northern Wales with a few friends. Snowdon is the second largest mountain in the UK at 1085m behind Ben Nevis in Scotland 1344m. It was a pretty quick trip which was planned to the T thanks to our very organised friend Martin we headed up in a bus on friday night woke up early and climbed the mountain on saturday morning http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Snowdon/blog-425367.html OK now we are off to Wales. Headed west for the coast and tried our best to stay close to the water. Found quite a few holiday towns similar to Blackpool. Huge sections of promenade with arcades gift shops pubs and restaurants. LARGE static caravan parks trailer parks and I mean huge. As we got further south and west the towns got smaller and the scenery became even more beautiful.Stopped in http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Snowdon/blog-417506.html Over the May Bank Holiday we decided to make a return to Snowdonia in Northern Wales. This time we took our own wheels and accommodation in the form of lsquoBrian not sexy but damn goodrsquo the big blue van.At 6am on Saturday Noogs Sam Hamilton Chris and I all piled into Brian and hit the road. What a trip. While the girls snoozed the boys were squashed into the front seat an arran http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Snowdon/blog-399731.html Arrr the countryside. I will join the no doubt embarrassing quantities of kiwis who think they've come home upon arrival in North Wales no real motorways hills and mountains proper beaches and wild walks... We had rented a little cottage for a ridiculous sum and went on little trips to explore. We soon discovered that Wales had something more castles They dot the countryside a testament t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Snowdon/blog-381825.html Photos from February 21. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Snowdon/blog-376220.html Well I reached the summit of not 1 not 2 but 3 mountains During OP on Tuesday we hiked for over 7 miles in about 5 hours. But it wasnrsquot just a hike we were really climbing up the side of a mountain with our hardcore boots and iceaxes. I had never done anything like it so I really enjoyed the adventure. It has snowed more here than they are used to so at times there we were kneede http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Snowdon/blog-373045.html I arrived in Nant Peris around 7pm and met fellow FC members Pete Paddy and Gill in the Vaynol Arms. We decided on climbing Snowdon and another mountain. After pitching my tent in the campsite opposite the Vaynol Arms we headed up the road for fish and chips. Before decking down for the night we sank a few ciders outside the tents and took in the great views provided by the full moon.The overnigh http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Snowdon/blog-372579.html Good MorningIt's like 0629 AM here I'm pretty sure most of you including my mom dad are wondering how I can be awake before dusk or may be in the middle of night per my own biological day cycle . If I were a poet I would have made most of this opportunity to express my thoughts.. under such a beautiful starry night perfect for Star Gazers may be from TAS or may be astronomers like Galie http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Snowdon/blog-357514.html Just trying to get the hang of this travel blog malarkey Time is drawing near and tensions are running high lots of stress planning and excitement. Although i dont think it'll really kick in until we are at the airport and there's no turning back...... Not much point writing now the exciting stuff comes later... x http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Snowdon/blog-352185.html We were definitely in Wales when the bitterly cold wind hit us as soon as I opened the car door I went to Snowdonia North Wales over the halfterm with my brothers and my dad for several nice...yet toughhellip mountain walks. It is probably the fourth time being there and we decided to try Mt. Snowdon for the second time this time the mountain even ourselves coated in snow. It was fantast http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Snowdon/blog-345621.html FINALLY I am about to tour a bit of the country I will be living in the next couple of months. I am very excited to see Wales and Irsquoll be very honest I do not know much about it considering I am studying here. I was happy to know where in the UK itrsquos located before I left pretty sure Tecwyn will make sure we know a lot more than that before we leave. The best way to learn is to go v http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Snowdon/blog-345400.html Wales is still nice weather still isnt. Drove down through Snowdonia and through Prembrokeshire. Lots of slate mountains. Stayed in Fishguard last night just about to catch the ferry to Ireland. Hope to catch a lepruchuan. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Snowdon/blog-344685.html Friday night after work I met up with Vicki her brother and his mate and we all jumped in a tiny corolla and headed for Northern Wales to do some hiking for the weekend. I had met Vicki in Pai Northern Thailand and we did a 3 day trek and just chilled out for around a week doing nothing as is the normal in Pai. Her brother is a dead keen hiker and having graduated from boys scouts a long time ag http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Snowdon/blog-336947.html One thing I'm getting really good at is last minute unplanned trips. Earlier in the week Chuck and I had a brief thought of going to Wales and it wasn't brought up again until Friday Midmorning and that evening we took off. Had one of Chuck's friends Alan join us as well. This guy finds out about the trip only an hour or so before we leave and still managed to get everything ready to go and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Snowdon/blog-328671.html Another little detour before the big onewhich by the way we are assured by all concerned is stilll happening and we will be in a safe area and looked after. Sothis time a little trip for Jane and some 'old' friends to visit a lovely part of Wales and stay with another 'younger' friend at her B and BBryn Elltyd Blaenau Ffestiniog.We had a great time and it didn't rainthe sun shone and we we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Snowdon/blog-327140.html NAME YEO MYEONG.20087.25FriWe are going to wales and we ate sandwich and some fruit. For lunch it was delicious but cold. We ride Kevinrsquo father car. Our camping field is dirty with too many cow poos and flies. Jina and I didnrsquot make our tent because Tiem helped make it. Next we ate dinner we eat dinner of hot dog and bread. The weather was sunny and windy. Our toilet was very scar http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Snowdon/blog-306457.html 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 ... SobotaVse slo hladce az do chvile kdy nam za Telfordem palubni pocitac ukazal ze d http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Snowdon/blog-305709.html 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 th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Snowdon/blog-286093.html I'm in Dublin at the moment having come from Caernarfon pronouced Carnarvon in the northern Welsh county of Gwynedd. For those of you playing at home Caernarfon is on the west coast of mainland Wales just across the passage from the Isle of Anglesey. Anglesey is joined to mainland Wales by a bridge and historically significant as it was the Druids last stronghold in the fight against the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Snowdon/blog-285085.html 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 b http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Snowdon/blog-272488.html