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Date: 13 June 2005 10:48:27
Phew! What a week! I didn't find time last weekend to mention that I was heading off to Snowdonia for a few days with the hiking club, and since I got back on Thursday its just been non-stop!
So, on Monday 15 enthusiatic students headed up to Snowdonia National Park in north wales, home of Wales' tallest mountain (also higher than any mountain in England, as postcards reminded us!!!), which is traditionally the object of the first days walk. However, having climbed this before, me and a friend decided on an alternative, taking in some of the mountains on the opposite side of the valley, most notably Tryfan and Glyder Fawr. Some amazing scrambling and good views most of the way! The following day, not to be outdone, while the main group climbed Tryfan, we were joined by another two and decided to take on the Snowdon horseshoe- where the summit is reached by traversing Crib Goch- a knife-edge ridge with a sheer drop either side and decending via Lliwedd. I'm not sure fun is the best word for this, but it was! A fantastic day, which makes you realise just what it is about these mountains that you love, and why, even after tiring yourself out climbing them, you still enjoy it, and come back for more!!! Now, that was about my limit, and, since we were leaving the next day, I was almost going to have a restful morning, but people had other ideas. Since our friends who'd joined us for Snowdon had missed out on Tryfan, they decided they were going to just 'nip up' it in the morning, to be back down for lunch time. Hmm. I was feeling tired, but couldn't miss out on another walk, and so I gave in, and we set off early, going up by a different route this time, and making it up and down in 3 hours, just in time to head to Pete's Eats in Llanberis for lunch! After keeping up with 3 rather speedy men for two days of strenuous ridge walking and scrambling, I was quite pleased with myself, and almost not annoyed by the jokes about my apparent lack of femininity ;) Hmm. So it was a tired but very contented folkie that arrived home on Thursday :D
Since then I've been indulging the folkie part of me at the Gower Folk Festival, but that will have to wait till the next post, since I've been here too long already, and work calls!