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Saturday afternoon – decided to climb Snowdon so Matt and I set off, got to North Wales and found a campsite around 2030.

The Camp Site

Weather was pretty bad along the way, almost turned back at one point. Set up camp and enjoyed a meal, bottle of wine and some cards.

Broke camp and set of down the A5 looking for snowdon. We were aiming to do the Watkin Path. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowdon#Watkin_Path

The Watkin Path

The route would take around 6 hours and is the hardest route; climbing the greatest altitude – 1015m.

Walking up we could see the cloud coming in.

Path to the clouds

A hard scramble later we were up at the top, surprisingly we found it to be rather crowded. Aparently there is a train that runs to the top, and now it is complete with a cafe. A welcome cup of coffee later we headed down the ridge back towards the car.

The Ridge

Here is Snowdon viewed from further down the ridge covered in cloud.

The Summit

See the rest of the photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/webjames/sets/72157621273655639/

I was pleased to see my tent functioned well and kept out the hardest wind and rain.

All the more excited about the off now!