Hmm, one of the three classics on the Idwal slabs would have been “exciting” in those conditions! I’m surprised Terry wasn’t up for it though; one winter he, Laetitia, and I climbed the classic Diff, The Ordinary Route, in mountain boots and with only three pieces of rock-gear after we’d descended from a ice climb higher up Cwm Idwal. It was dry, but boy it was cold!
I’m glad you enjoyed your trip to North Wales, it is a contender for the best traditional climbing venue in the world. Next time think about May, I think this is the most reliable month in the UK weather wise…
Well Pete, we were about eight years younger then and Tish eight years foolisher But the Hungarians picked the foulest week of weather imaginable – mainly the high winds. It was an achievement just to step outside Ynys
As Dalma said, walking up to Idwal, with crowds of others, ‘In Hungary people just wouldn’t go out in this kind of weather’. I hope they won’t be put off visiting again:???:
Of course we are not put off, see title of post, we are tough as you could experience! And this is why I’m practising all the new expressions for rain, I can feel I’ll need them soon!
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Lovely cat, Dalma!
Glad you had a good couple of days in Wales. You’ll have to do the Lake District on your next visit.
Sure, the Lake District is definitely on the agenda next time!
I forgot to mention that all the climbing shots are courtesy of Terry who, unlike me, was not lazy to carry his camera with him.
Well the weather is no better up here in the Lakes than in Wales, it wasn’t that week. But you would get to stay at the Wayfarers’ Robertson Lamb Hut
It’s the Alpine trip reunion there this weekend – I rahter expect to meet some people there I never found on the campsite!
Hmm, one of the three classics on the Idwal slabs would have been “exciting” in those conditions! I’m surprised Terry wasn’t up for it though; one winter he, Laetitia, and I climbed the classic Diff, The Ordinary Route, in mountain boots and with only three pieces of rock-gear after we’d descended from a ice climb higher up Cwm Idwal. It was dry, but boy it was cold!
I’m glad you enjoyed your trip to North Wales, it is a contender for the best traditional climbing venue in the world. Next time think about May, I think this is the most reliable month in the UK weather wise…
Well Pete, we were about eight years younger then and Tish eight years foolisher
But the Hungarians picked the foulest week of weather imaginable – mainly the high winds. It was an achievement just to step outside Ynys 
As Dalma said, walking up to Idwal, with crowds of others, ‘In Hungary people just wouldn’t go out in this kind of weather’. I hope they won’t be put off visiting again:???:
Of course we are not put off, see title of post, we are tough as you could experience! And this is why I’m practising all the new expressions for rain, I can feel I’ll need them soon!
All the huts were heaving this weekend, despite the dodgy forecast. North Wales remains ever popular.