Cnicht to Moelwyn Mawr

Monday 27th March 2023

Having climbed to the summit of of Cnicht in time for a mid-morning snack, I was faced with the challenging of heading for Moelwyn Mawr, across the valley, before I would think about lunch.

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Cnicht from Croesor

Monday 27th March 2023

As part of what’s becoming an annual spring trip to Eryri (Snowdonia) National Park, this would be the first walk in my latest week up in North Wales.

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To Bala and Back

Saturday 4th May 2019

A lot of time has passed since my most recent trip to Snowdonia. Or, to look at it another way; it was only two months ago and the average daily temperatures have risen by nearly 200%!

It was another weekend away with Brunel Walking Group, to make the most of the early May Bank Holiday Weekend. Most of us pitched up in mid/north Wales on the Friday night. Saturday was the first day in which group walks were available.

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Snowdon via. Crib Goch

Tuesday 17th July 2018

Forty-eight hours earlier, we’d conquered Tryfan and the Glyderau. A day of scrambling and hiking across less-familiar terrain. It’s almost as if that was in preparation for our final adventure in North Wales.

This was our last full day, ahead of our final night and then, heading home on the Wednesday. We drove in to Snowdonia for the second time in three days. We were destined to climb Snowdon. Not only that, we would journey there along the perilous knife-edge ridge of Crib Goch!

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