This time last year

On the 1st of July 2007, Alan, myself and Pete started the last leg of our Cambrian Way adventure, leaving Maentwrog and crossing the Moelwyns via Cnicht and dropping into the fleshpots of Beddgelert for the night.

This last week was about the same time a Sheffield went under water along with most of the UK. Pretty wet.

 

Here is how the day went...

Had an absolutely filthy day crossing the Moelwyns today. We had planned to camp wild a few miles short of Cnicht and tomorrow, climb Cnicht and then drop down to Beddgelert.
We had pretty heavy rain and gusting winds that actually knocked poor (skinny) Pete off his feet a couple of times. We decided to skirt Moelwym Mawr and drop down the pass just north of the 770m peak.
I haven't seen weather like that since Cairngorm about 20 years ago!
Once we dropped out of the cloud the waterproofs came off and we have not had rain since.
We are in the fantastic FE campsite in Beddgelert and my tuna spog' is in the cozy, we have tumble driers on site and the world is a better place.
We are now a day ahead of schedule, so we are going to explore the Aberglaslyn Pass tomorrow and have a day hiking around the area around the town.
Pete had a bit of a tough 1st day - I had totally forgotten about aching shoulders!

You can take a look at our trip here. I have now started getting the photos together and will slowly start popping them into the blog entries. May be useful for others who are panning to walk the Cambrian Way.