Last weekend myself and a friend decided that we needed to escape for some serious nature with a hint of challenge. So we decided to go to Snowdonia and climb the big one. This was almost a 24 hour round trip from North Cambridgeshire starting at 4:30 am and seeing us come back after midnight. The total drive there with second breakfast was around 6 hours. The climb up was just under 2:30 with a few stops for pictures and the descent was about 1:30. It was a very long day, especially on 4 hours sleep, but worth it.
I have not been to Snowdonia for around 20 years when I climbed it with my family and remember the amazing views from the top. We decided a few days beforehand that it was going to happen based on the Saturday forecast being pretty good compared to the rest of the week.
At some of the vantage points we soon noticed that half of the taller mountains were covered in cloud -
We did hope that the forecast was correct and that it would clear throughout the day. However, as we reached the start of the climb the sky was full and it did not look like it would pass.
As we approached half way there was some blue sky appearing and the sun began to shine through occasionally Even so, the cloud was still heavy and very dark.
We soldiered on and nearer the summit there was quite a bit of blue sky. The clouds were mostly white and thinning out and there was very good visibility.
As we got to the top we were greeted by the most amazing views and a sense of achievement.
Thoroughly enjoyable and tiring day - really makes you appreciate that life is all abut having the get up and go with no regrets. Like the time we decided to cycle to Belgium and it was the worst storm in about 10 years :)
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