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Unusually for Wales the 5-day forecast was showing clear weather. That usually counts for nothing with rain assured whatever the forecast, but rules are meant to be broken and the usual trek north saw me arriving at Gwern Gof Uchaf campsite to a clear sky and plummeting temperatures. Rather than Read More …
The forecast was correct! The weather actually seemed relatively fine as we arrived at Capel Curig late on a Friday evening for a boys weekend. The most eventful bit of the journey was realising Phillip had mistakenly (I hope) bought two crates of zero-alcohol Becks beer for the weekend, Read More …
The trudge up north on a Friday evening is never much fun and we finally arrived at Betws-y-Coed around 9.30pm, grabbed a bite to eat then headed further along the A5 to the trusty Dolgam campsite, pitching in the dark and in the rain. The forecast for Saturday was much Read More …
Bloody weather! I’d cancelled the trip a couple of weeks ago due to the weather and the forecast for this weekend was exactly the same – torrential rain and gale force winds. After a bit of ‘ umming and argh’ing on Friday afternoon I headed up north and after a Read More …
The past couple of times I’ve been up to Wales I’ve been up the Glyders from the east and watched jealously as others picked their way up and around the pinnacled profile of Bristly Ridge. Inspired by a wee bit of scrambling on Pen y Ole Wen on my last Read More …