When in Wales, wear your wellies!

I’m in Northern Wales, in a national park area called Snowdonia.  This area has the highest levels of rainfall in the UK. For that reason, I spent the last 3 days patiently waiting for nice weather. I hiked up the mountain of Snowdon (highest peak in England and Wales) and it was so cold and cloudy I couldn’t see anything. I did get to see a helicopter mountain rescue and warmed my freezing self with a hot chocolate at the mountaintop cafe. I also spent time relaxing with Netflix and fuelling up on Welsh curries!

 

Today my patience was rewarded with a perfectly sunshiny day. I headed out to do a challenging hike called ‘Crib Goch’. There are about 6 different paths to get to the summit of Snowdon and this one is the one they call ‘the scary one’ for good reason!

Basically I climbed up to and walked along a ridge that’s like a knife blade with steep cliffs dropping on either side of it. Though I’m not afraid of heights I have to admit I had moments of panic. I was pretty jello legged after doing the whole loop.

 

 

Tomorrow I’m off to London to spend 2 nights with friends before flying back home!