Northumberland and North Wales Holiday
Tuesday 13th June 2017
Today we had decide that we were going to walk up Snowdon. We had planned to go for the Watkins path but due to the weather we thought maybe Pyg track might be better as it starts from higher up. We got to the car park and it was full so we drove on down to the Watkins car park and there were only 3 cars there! We decided we would go for it from where we had planned and hope the clouds lift.
We parked, got our rucksacks on and set off. The first section was through a bit of woodland and then on to track with nice views. During the next section we passed some lovely waterfalls. A bit further up we passed an old quarry before the path became steeper and we entered the clouds! From then on we had no view at all! The top section was fairly steep and on scree slope till we joined the Clogwyn Du path and it was more sensible for the last part. At the top we were still in the cloud but we had to do the obligatory trig point photo! We had planned to come back down the Clogwyn Du path but due to the poor visibility we decided to come back down the Watkins path as we should recognise where we were going! By the time we got down to the old quarry again we were back out of the clouds and they had lifted a bit so we could see the top of one of the peaks opposite. Back at the waterfalls we took a diversion down onto a bridge to take some other photos. By the time we got back to the car we were pleased that the top of Snowdon was still in the fog!! I was glad we made it up there but we will have to have a return trip in the future so we can see the views!!
On the way back to the cottage we stopped in Betws-Y-Coed chip shop to get some dinner. This evening we are both tired and I have very achey feet!!
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