Blogs from Snowdon, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe - page 5

There is nothing like your little brother turning 30 to make you feel old. Luckily, this is not a blog about me, but about my brother’s 30th birthday bash, so you are spared any ‘poor me’ rant. To celebrate my brother entering his fourth decade (OK - that IS scary) he organised a camping adventure in Wales. The guest list was limited to the elite - only 8 made the cut. Six of us headed to Wales in the 'party van', arriving just in time to have to put our tent up outside the official camp grounds (quiet camping time had begun) and to put up our tents the dark. As it turned out, we got a good camping location as the campground was pretty crowded (what is it with English camping - they all ... read more

Hooray for the summer, long light evenings and warm temperatures. This has afforded many fabulous mountain biking adventures into the llandegla forest, in north wales, after work, as well as some exciting hiking weekends. Snowdonia National Park is only about 1 and a half hours away, so very quick to sneak off for a nice weekend. In fact summiting Snowdon from various angles seems to have become the latest challenge. Beany, aka Steve, is a brilliant hiking partner and cant seem to get enough of it. Most of the time, camp has been in a nice welsh farmers sheep field, which is alongside a river, and my little “campervan” has been more then adequate! Snowdon from the Pyg track, the Watkin Path and the Llanberries path; Tryvan, and the Glyders are some of the peaks that’ve ... read more