Last weekend was spent out in Snowdonia with two guys. We were walking from the National Mountain centre at Plas y Brenin in Capel Cuig to the slopes of Cnicht and back with a wild camp on the tops thrown in for good measure!
The views from the ridge walk after Moel Siabod are spectacular.... If you can see them! We had about 20 minutes of visibility in an otherwise 'white out' two days! It was great for low visibility navigation but dreadful if you wanted to see where you were going or had been!
The wild camp was on a small dry patch - in an otherwise very damp mountain range - overlooking one of the three lakes in the Llynnau r Cwn on the tops of the Southern Molwyns.
The guys had a great time working out where they were and slogging the miles along the ridge. Day two was beset with mist and fog until we descended out of the higher cwms into the valley to finish at the village of Dollwynydd for a well earned pint and a late Sunday lunch!
Lessons from the weekend focused mainly on the need to be absolutely sure where you are at all times and to use the techniques of relocation on an almost continuous basis ..... otherwise retracing steps and changes of plans are inevitable and frustrating.
All in all though a great weekend with plenty of 'experiences' thrown in!
