Tag Archives: Snowdonia

Forgive Them Their Trespasses?

Posted on September 10, 2015 by

IT???S a perfect spring morning in 1982. Arkengarthdale slumbers green and shadowy beneath a blue sky as we sit in damp grass and drink tea from tartan Thermos flasks. Nothing moves except the wind in the heather and the birds … Continue reading →

Posted in Archaeology, Caving, Climbing, Country Land and Business Association, Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, Environment, Footpaths, Highland Clearances, Hiking, History, Hunting, Industrial archaeology, Mountains, Politics, Potholing, Ranting, Rivers, Walking | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 34 Comments

What Does Adventure Mean to You?

Posted on June 21, 2014 by

DO you work in a factory, an office, a shop, or drive a company van? Are you a member of parliament, unemployed, a doctor, a refuse collector, a teacher or the chief executive officer of a multi-national corporation? Maybe you … Continue reading →

Posted in Climbing, Environment, Hiking, Mountains, Mourne Wall, Walking | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 51 Comments

The Glyders ??? And a Descent into Hell

Posted on October 17, 2013 by

THE Glyders are two of the highest and most spectacular mountains in Snowdonia, and a traverse of the ridge between the peaks should be high on any walker???s agenda. It???s been on mine for decades, I???ve just never got round … Continue reading →

Posted in Camping, Climbing, Environment, Footpaths, Hiking, Legends, Mountains, Walking | Tagged , , , , | 28 Comments

Above Bethesda ??? Ancient and Modern

Posted on June 10, 2013 by

TO the south-west of Bethesda an open moor rises towards the clouded heights of Elider Fawr and Mynedd Perfedd. It???s a wild place dotted with occasional ruins and sheepfolds and crossed by indistinct trackways . . .

Posted in Archaeology, Climbing, Environment, Food, Geology, Hiking, History, Industrial archaeology, Mountains, Quarrying, Religion, Scotch pies, Slate quarries, Walking | Tagged , , , | 23 Comments

The High and the Mighty ??? Carneddau

Posted on June 3, 2013 by

SOMETIMES it???s enough just to climb a mountain and allow your thoughts to sail on the wind. No worries, no anchors. This is one of those days . . .

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Manod and Mysteries, Earth and Environment

Posted on May 28, 2013 by

Underground bunkers in the Welsh mountains . . . Continue reading →

Posted in Archaeology, Camping, Caving, Environment, Geology, Hiking, History, Industrial archaeology, Mountains, Potholing, Quarrying, Ranting, Second World War, Slate quarries, Walking | Tagged , , , , | 12 Comments

Thirty Years On ??? Cwmorthin Revisited

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

From one side of a Welsh mountain to another ??? underground and overground . . . Continue reading →

Posted in Archaeology, Caving, Climbing, Environment, Geology, Hiking, History, Industrial archaeology, Mountains, Politics, Potholing, Quarrying, Ranting, Slate quarries, Walking, William Morris | Tagged , , , , | 38 Comments