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Travel Blogs from Abersoch
Bus Rides and Brocken Spectres
The Club's November meet took place at Llanberis, based in the Pen Ceunant Uchaf Hut, owned by Chester Mountaineering Club. It had obviously been chucking it down all day on Friday (and probably for several months previously), so the ground seemed absolutely saturated.
But Saturday morning dawned dry, if not exactly sunny. A group of us set off up the gently-rising tourist path towards Snowdon summit, arriving at around 11.30am in grim clag, with no ...
Land of Our Fathers
A quote from a famous Welsh anthem, sung by massed choirs. The Welsh are famous for their voices - think Ric*********** and opera singer Bryn Terfel.
Barmouth nestles among the steep hills of Snowdonia on the estuary of the River Mawddach.
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Gorillas, yaks, retriever dogs and llamas...
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Gorillas, yaks, retriever dogs and llamas
March up Snowdon with your woad on,
Never mind if you get rained or blowed on
Smowdonia training for everest base camps
It is raining so hard even the sheep have umbrellas. Gordon and I managed 5 hours on the mountain today. Unfortunately low cloud made it impossible to get to the summit but we had a useful session. I found out that so called waterproof clothing supplied to the trekking fraternity is pretty poor. My fly fishing gear is far ...