A window of opportunity

Good evening all,

Apologies for the delay, tonight was my turn to cook the dinner :-)


With the morning looking very dreary and wet, we kept an eye on the weather reports and between 11am & 3pm there seemed to be a glimmer of light at the end of what appeared to be a very dark tunnel.

Our climb today took us up Mynydd Tal-y-mignedd & Trum y Ddysgl and as we drove to our start point, Snowdon was not to be seen (it was completely engulfed in black cloud).

As we progressed up to the Obelisk on Mynydd Tal-y-mignedd we could see to the right of us that the weather was just going to get better, with blue skies glowing, and passing clouds as white as snow creating some fabulous shadows across the enormity of the surrounding mountains.

After reaching the Obelisk there was a decision to be made, and at this point we didn't realise how narrow the ridge we crossed was going to be.  We however did decide to continue on what was a very clearly marked path and with a 1000' drop either side of the ridge we crossed over with extreme caution to continue on up to Trum y Ddysgl, and from there the views were phenomenal with the meandering valleys and contours of this amazing mountain range.

Our descent down after stopping for a bite to eat was an adventure to say the least, but as we knew the weather would be changing shortly we carried on through the heather and eventually found a designated footpath which took us back to the car......I'm sure there were 3 farmers though that would have chased us around Snowdonia if we had not turned right at the point we did :-)

Hope you enjoy.

Andrew

:-)