In the Summer we had a lovely camping trip to Wales, though even as we drove home we were hankering to go back.
We have visited Snowdonia many times before but we felt that there were more things that we wanted to do. So as soon as we got home we booked a cottage for October half term; we are far too nesh to camp in Autumn. It was a lovely cosy little place with a log burner and was dog friendly, so Ern was welcome too and life was a bit easier with luxuries like a bathroom and a kitchen.
Ed likes climbing things, so he decided that we should challenge Mount Snowdon. I was a bit unsure about doing this as the weather was pretty changeable and Ern and George had not walked quite so far up hill before. To follow is a little photo essay from the snaps we took on our assault on the summit in what turned out to be a glorious sunny day. The picture above is of the lovely quiet Llyn Llydaw on the way back down.
Here Ed looks like he is dragging George as we went up the Pyg Track. In reality George never complained once and did a brilliant job walking all day.
Ern makes it to the top with barely a hair out of place as we finished the climb with the clouds whipping round us. This picture is featured on the Border Joy Website.
Meanwhile I have disguised the fact that I was red in the face by going grayscale:
And here is a picture of Ed and George right at the tippity top. I photoshopped out all the people milling about who cheated by catching the train to the summit:
And one last picture of the walk that we did on another day via Craig Ddu:
Sarah, Maison Cupcake
November 25, 2009
That top picture is breathtaking and I say this as a complete city dwelling hill-climbing-welly-boot-phobic. And I just LOVE the picture of your dog on the hill, it looks so crisp and sharp. Sneaky tricks to disguise puffed-out-top-of-mountain face eh? Tsk tsk!
thingswemake
November 25, 2009
The pics aren’t too bad for a little pocket Pentax. Thanks Sarah. You could always take the train to the top and walk back down to see the pretty bits. No wellies required!
Jules
November 25, 2009
Fantastic photos. I’ve been trying to get to Snowdon this year,but life got in the way. Hope to get there next year.
Michele Baer
November 26, 2009
Thanks so much for sharing! Love the photos … just breathtaking! I’ve posted about you here … http://www.borderjoy.com/blog/hiking-with-a-border-terrier.html
thingswemake
November 26, 2009
Thanks Michele!
marleyterrier
December 10, 2009
Well done young Ernie