Today was quite a long day of walking! Officially it was 12 miles and 1780′ ascent, but we added 2 miles (one on each end between the path and hotel) and the ascent on our GPS said we went up more than that, too. We started by walking up out of Llanberis to the southwest, … Continue reading Pilgrim’s Way: Day 6 (Llanberis to Penygroes)
Today was a planned day of rest — 5 days down, 5 to go. We stayed in Llanberis and did our best to relax and rest our feet. We managed a bit of a lakeside walk (and two geocaches), and after lunch we took the Snowdon Mountain Railway steam train up to the summit of … Continue reading Pilgrim’s Way: Day 5 (Llanberis – rest day)
Ever since we moved to North Wales, we have been talking about walking up Snowdon. We live minutes from one edge of Snowdonia National Park and are already familiar with many of its awe-inspiring walks, but our plans to walk up the highest mountain in Wales kept getting thwarted with rain or other interference. Until last weekend. … Continue reading Mount Snowdon
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