Tuesday 20th April

5K run 28' 40" Not bad.

18th April Elidir Fawr via Dam Road.

Week Starting 5th April

Poor 5K time of 32 mins

Spent 2 days on new mountain bike

Ran old 10K route in 1 hour

Sat 3rd April Moel Eilio to Snowdon Ranger Path

Thursday 1st April, Foel Grach Mountain Rescue Hut

Cnicht 15K 950Metres

27 March, Glyders and Y Garn from Little Tryfan (again)

Looking back at Tryfan.
Castle of the Winds


Cantilever Rock


Tourists

Looking back at the Glyders
The path up Y Garn

Pen Llithrig y Wrach and Pen yr Helgi Du

...or Slippery Peak of the Witch and Peak of the Black Hunting-Dog. 15.25K with 900m of ascent.

11:55 - 1700, yet another pre-midday start!



The view to Llyn Cowlyd



Used an orienteering thumb compass for the first time, wish I'd bought one years ago.



Dinner is served.

Last snow of the season?

Leat supplying Llyn Cowlyd.

Glyders from Little Tryfan

Ascended Glyders from Little Tryfan, descended into Pen Y Pass and walked back to Ogwen via Capel. 23K with 1150 metres of ascent. 7 Hours in the freezing rain, Sky News Weather predicted clear skys and sunny spells.

28 Minutes

5K now down to 28 mins 18 seconds.
Hopefully collecting new bike tomorrow (Genesis IO ID)

Weight = 84.2Kg (13 St 3 Lb)

Sub 30 mins

All 5K runs are now done in less than 30 mins, mostly due to improving ground conditions.
Daily walks have all been about 10 miles long with 1200 feet of ascent.

Weight = 85.1 Kg.

Back online...

Finally back in the habit of posting, I stopped due to Interweb issues.

Currently running 5K in 30 minutes 3 times a week
Walking 10 - 15K twice a fortnight with, on average, 1000m of ascent.

Pen Yr Ole Wen by Torchlight

Ogwen to Carnedd Llewelyn and return, 15.52 K, 1181 metres of ascent. 11am start, 6pm finish in the dark.


Bob 3 chins at the start of the walk
Eroded Path
Scramble up Pen Yr Ole Wen
Ffynnon Lloer (Source of the Moon)
Approaching summit of P Y O W
Summit of PYOW
Visability at summit was poor
Leaving Carnedd Dafydd
Ice on the summits
Visibility on Carnedd LLewelyn
Ice under the snow

Narrow ridge traversed when approaching LlewelynTop of Ysgolion Duon (Black ladders)