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Cnicht
Tess chilling out.
Patch - looking troublesome as ever!
"The Girls" taking a break.
The view from Cnicht summit.I've finally been out again in the mountains of Snowdonia...and here are some photo's to prove it!!
Due to the addition of my Border Collie, Tess, I don't have a large enough backpacking tent at the moment - and I think a Collie, a Jack Russell, and myself would be pushing it squeezing into the bivvi bag! So this time I took the larger tent, set up "base camp" in a campsite in Beddgelert and did some lovely day walks. This time was my second time up Cnicht, but last time I included it in a totally different route approaching from the other side (and with two different dogs - no longer with us), this time I walked a circular route from Croeso.
It was a fantastic day - walm and sunny. Even the breeze on top of the mountain was warm. Lovely.
Another fab walk we did over the weekend included two lakes NE of Betws-Y-Coed but I'm sorry I forget their names and don't have the map with me at the moment! Lovely walk though with a nice mix of forestry, water and fab views.
The dogs were great - Patch was game on as she usually is in Snowdonia. It was Tess' first trip, and although she found the whole experience a little overwhelming -she's not vary brave when it comes to people - and there were many on Cnicht and the campsite, and she found the climb up the mountain a bit tricky for a nervous fatty, but had great fun around the lakes and forestry.
It was a lovely weekend...I'm now gearing up ready to go again this weekend!
2 comments:
Hi Sophie - Good to see you back and out and about (I did see your post a few weeks ago, but being out and about myself couldn't post a comment at the time).
How's Patch doing with her phobias these days? Funnily enough, I think of her whenever we're walking through areas with lots of aeroplane noise (don't think she would have enjoyed Otterburn a couple of weeks ago with heavy artillery and fast jets!).
Gayle
Hi Gayle, lovely to hear from you. I was looking at your blog earlier - I see you are on another long one! Well done you!
Patch still has her noise phobia's...unfortunately we live in the middle of a tactical training area and so have the jets zooming over daily...she just hides under my desk all day. Luckily she is a happy bunny in Snowdonia - we usually go weekend and bank holidays so there is no flying, however we used to go for a fortnight in June but never remember jets coming over. She's so "game on"! Just loves the mountain walks and scrambles up anything that appears in front of her!
I think your right about Otterburn - it certainly would have been bad news for her ...her two biggest noise phobia's are fast jets and firing!! Eeek!!
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