The forecast for day 4 was for light rain from mid-day. This was not great news when we were planning to go over Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales at 1085m or 3,560ft. It had to be done though, as Pete and I had been to the top of the other 4 highest peaks in the UK and Ireland on previous walks – the first being Ben Nevis (@1,345m or 4,413ft) in 1997 when Pete, Tim, Liam, Colin & I did the West Highland Way. That was in the clouds too!
For the record, Dave joined Pete and I on a trip to the English Lake District the following year and we did Scafell Pike (@978m or 3,209ft). A trip to southern Ireland followed in 2000 and another friend, Paul, joined Liam, Dave, Pete and I on a 4 day walk, which included Carrauntoohil (@1,038m or 3,407ft). And it would be 14 years later that Tim, Liam, Pete and I completed most of the 19 mile Mourne Wall Walk in Northern Ireland, which included an ascent of Slieve Donard (@850m or 2,790ft). So Snowdon was long overdue…
Although low cloud covered the top 250m or so of the summit, we didn’t actually get rained on once all day. Indeed we had no rain on all 4 days – which must be some sort of record for North Wales!
My thanks go to all the boys for making the effort to come over to ‘my’ little corner of the country and for all the usual banter and fantastic memories (& beers) that we have shared. 😊
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Thanks for the beautiful views unless the cloudy conditions. Your last day already, time flies…. but you had a wonderful time with your friends.
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Yes, it was a great few days, thanks. I was just happy that we didn’t get soaked! 😀
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Glorious walk, Mike! ⛅😎 Great documentation of your climb and the landscape!!!
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Thank you Hanna. It was a wonderful 4 days with my friends. 👍😀
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Great summary and pics Mike. Thanks for creating a perfect tour for us all….a varied and beautiful route. Look forward to 2024!
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Thanks Dave. Thank you for looking after us ‘old gits’! It’ll be somewhere less mountainous next year though I suspect! 😀
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I can understand from your photos and your description that it was a successful end to your 4-day adventure together. A valuable memory to save in your archive to look back on later in life.
The pictures have been absolutely fantastic and you are good at summarizing and describing your experiences. It was both fun and exciting to follow you even though I wasn’t with you. Thanks for that Mike 😀
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Many thanks for your lovely comment, Anita. We certainly had a great time (as we usual do!) I’m not sure where we will be walking next year, but I’m sure I will be out and about before then. 😀👍
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What a truly amazing, challenging, and I know FUN time your all had during your four days. Memories were surely made! Lovely shots, Mike!
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Thanks Donna. We certainly had a fabulous time. 👍😊
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