I’m pleased to be able to report that the “Life Partner” and I made it to the top of Mt Snowdon today (Sunday) and back in 5 hours, including half an hour on the summit to have a lunch. I can also report that we did the hike along with what must have been literally thousands) well, at least many hundreds) of other folk, from the out-of-shape to the fit, young and old, and including many who made it to the top on the narrow gauge railway (“To the Summit since 1896”). We were quite amazed by the numbers of people on the trail and crowding the summit. I don’t think I’ve seen a summit quite as busy.
There were other trails coming up to the summit from other directions and they were almost equally as busy. Kind of looked like people on a pilgrimage. There were people everywhere. Guess it shows you what the people of Wales do on a sunny Sunday in April.
The day was cool but otherwise quite decent. We’ve been waiting for a good day, spending cloudy days wandering around “rural” Wales looking at castles and gardens, so when good weather seemed imminent, we drove over to the Snowdon area and consequently didn’t exactly get an alpine start on this one. I think we wandered out of the parking lot at around 11 am.
Anyhow, we can now check off the highest point in the southern UK, the highest point in Wales and on a sunny day to boot.
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