looking up at crib goch, the first bit of the snowdon horseshoe. this is the bank holiday monday, the last day we have here. there's been massive flooding and very strong winds all weekend, in both the south of england and wales.

looking leftwards at the snowdon horseshoe.

 
ben, kevin, brian (?), brendan and gerry leading the way.

 

still on the way up.

the weather starts to close in. the hail starts and we also get a taste of the wild winds trashing the top of crib goch. sometime near this the decision is made to bail out. in any case the ridge can only be accessed by a slab which is now covered in soft, wet snow.

we have to back climb the scrambly bits.

olwyn and carl in pete's eats, llanberis - not the place to go for a light lunch. great caff, lovely big mugs of hot chocolate. enormous plates of chips.

time to head off for the ferry - hoping it will be sailing. earlier on that morning the news said that 6,000 people were stranded in ferries because it was unsafe to dock. there's a delay but the h.s.s. does sail - zig zagging against gale force winds. not too many happy bunnies on that crossing!

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