Wales, Tryfan

Hi John, just went sniffing for news on a long lost photo buddy of mine - You! And blow me weren't you in the UK over Christmas. And up on the Glyders. Wish I'd have known. Nevermind. I was just trying to figure out where Tryfan was in this picture. I was there myself a couple of weeks ago. And then it dawned on me. You're on it! Hope all is well with you and yours. Best wishes,

I snuck guiltily in and out of the country without catching up with any old p.net friends (sorry about that). Our itinerary was so packed that it was thought best just to keep a low profile and do family stuff. Tryfan was a nice little scramble with a couple of mates; my brother-in-law from London and an old Tassie mate who lives in Copenhagen and flew over for a weekend. We did two walks. The first was the Snowdon horse-shoe over Crib Goch etc, the second was Tryfan. It was the first weekend in January and the weather was foul, which was great because we had the peaks mostly to ourselves. We never saw a soul on the Crib, although there were a few hardy ramblers huddled near the summit of Snowdon itself. It was quite cold and rained/sleeted/snowed almost all day. The weather on Tryfan was similar. I liked on Tryfan how you can just pick your own line from the lake straight up the spur, and carry it right through to the summit. We didn't carry on over the summit of the Glyders because it was bucketing down nasty cold rain. Both scrambles are very reminiscent of our terrain here. Stayed in a great little pub called the Pen-y-Gwyrd.

 

I'll post a few more snaps.

 

Cheers,