Only Joe n Tref left in Llanberis
Thunderstorms in the night plus lots of chesty coughing. Didn’t make for a good sleep for either of us. Also a phone call on the mobile at 11.55pm! Wtf? Looks like it may have been an enquiry for Anne’s Vans but can’t really tell due to the non-functional screen. Had a couple in the mail & via facebook when we got up which is good.
Anne’s car has sleet on it so it does look to have been a stormy old night. The main body of the party goes home today leaving just me n Joe. We are off to Bangor for a couple of beers with Rhys tonight. Hitting some old stomping grounds.
The rest of today we will do some sightseeing methinks. Tomorrow is much the better day for weather and therefore for walking. Am thinking of finding another climb roughly equivalent to yesterday’s killer. Having studied the Wainwright book this morning the walk to the halfway house is the same as the first big climb on the coast to coast on the second day. The third day has two such climbs so the more of them I can get in before hand the better. I can only imagine that they will get easier 🙂
I’m going to take the gopro out with us today. Get some pics and vids maybe. They don’t automatically upload but beggars can’t be choosers. I felt at a loss without the phone camera yesterday. On the other hand it gave me time to concentrate on the walk. I’ll have to find the right balance for the coast to coast. Choose my spots rather than take pics of everything of mild interest. I think things of mild interest are important but sometimes you have to prioritise 🙂
Set off for Anglesey notionally to look at the Anglesey Sea Salt shop (10 times quickly?). Just something to fill in a bit of time before Charlotte’s train at 13.36. In the end we didn’t have enough time for the tour so we just bought some salt, as you do. Then swung by the shop at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch where Charlotte bought some Welsh Cakes for her ma & pa and I bought a solar powered VW campervan shaped garden light for £15. Thought it might be a good competition prize for Anne’s Vans.
Having dropped the lass off at the station Joe and I went to the pier for lunch, or so we thought. Having forked out a quid for the parking and braved horizontal freezing rain we got to the caff, a few hundred yards at the end of the pier mind you, to find that it was closed on Tuesdays!!! Had to settle for lunch at the Tap and Spile – what was the Garth – is nothing sacred?
Picked up some patent cold remedies in Tesco and then headed to Nant Peris and the Vaynol Arms which unfortunately was also closed until 5pm. Ah well. Home now. Warm. Bit of a nap maybe? Catch ya later 🙂
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