Llanberis, Wales, United Kingdom

Most people think that going down is easier than coming up since you don't have to make that big of an effort.  Wrong.  Going down is a more physically straining feat than going up because of gravity.  Climbing down means you have to fight against the force ...

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... .  We collapsed next to a rock and rested looking beyond Snowdon and the lakes and could see the coast of Wales and other lakes and rivers in Snowdonia.  There was a silence so dense and thick that one could get lost in it, ...

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... our way, so we positioned ourselves to get a glimpse of the old steam train with its white puffs of smoke.  Llanberis was and still is a mining town, so these old steamers which were now turned into picturesque tourist rides were most probably once ...

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Ugly Troll and Sam went on a walk in Snowdonia. They got a bus to Llanberis and then, after waiting an inordinate amount of time, got another one up to Pen-y-Pass. They wanted to get off at a track part-way along the road, but, as it didn't have a name, ...