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Snowdonia National Park Authority prove they are blithering fools without the sense, vision or understanding to care for the land in their charge. A project to create a tarmac surface on part of a path on Snowdon has been criticised. The Miners’ Track is a popular starting point for walkers [ continue reading Row over new Snowdon path surface ] 11 July 2010
 |  | category: Wales, can't make it up!, hills, scofflaws, tolerated crime and hypocrites, the state we're in  | comments are closed  walking sticks save the legs – atop the Glydders Two mountain peaks in Snowdonia which are going under the hammer are expected to fetch £1m. The summits of Moel Cynghorion and Foel Goch, which command views over Snowdonia National Park, are up for auction on Friday. The remote peaks adjacent to Snowdon come with 1,000 acres (four sq km) of moorland, some derelict outbuildings, a stream and rough grazing. The auction follows the sale of the Vyrnwy estate tourist spot in Powys. The parcel of land at Snowdonia is known as Helfa Fawr, and is two miles from Llanberis. It borders the Snowdon mountain [ continue reading want to own a patch of heaven? ] One of Wales’ “elite” peaks has grown in stature after an official measurement to verify its height. It was feared Tryfan, in Snowdonia, could have fallen short of the 3,000ft (914m) elite mountain status needed to keep as one of Wales’ 14 highest peaks. But enthusiasts who scaled it with GPS equipment found [ continue reading survey adds 8ft to Tryfan mountain’s height ] A secret agent is abducted after resigning and finds himself imprisoned in a surreal village from which there is no escape. Engaging in a battle of wits with his mysterious captors, the new arrival is determined not to remain a prisoner for long. First episode of the cult Sixties drama, starring Patrick McGoohan, Paul Eddington and George Baker. 27 April 2010
| | category: Wales, film, the new 'priest class' | one comment - (comments are closed) click for full size It was an iPhone job and my hands lost all feeling in the process due to the cold wind so I may have inserted another duplicate peak around Yr Aran. The weather speaks for itself with Pembrokeshire visible in the distance! View Larger Map The hat is the same colour as worn by my climbing club leader, Bill Dean, back in 1972-76 … so fashionistas beware. These Scottish balaclavas used to be completely de-rigeur in the hills but trends mean they are forgotten by most and Joe Brown’s said they are getting harder to find. I now have brown, red and this gold. When it gets REALLY cold you want stuff you know ‘just works’. A 21-year-old walker who was lost on Snowdon in Gwynedd has been airlifted to safety in treacherous conditions. The man, from America, was heading towards the 3,560ft (1,085m) summit on Snowdon’s ranger path but got into difficulties in bad weather. The man had [ continue reading American, 21, rescued on Snowdon ] A much-underestimated Cwm and section of the Glydderau whether or not snow and ice is about. A 19-year-old man escaped with face and arm injuries after a 100ft fall while ice climbing in Snowdonia. The student from Imperial College, London was with a group of well-equipped climbers on Cwm Cneifion, also known as the Nameless Cwm. BBC News – London ice [ continue reading London ice-climbing student survives 30m (100ft) Gwynedd fall ] Good put it up higher. Close it except for emergency vehicles. Let’s go back to the no parking and excellent bus services of the foot & mouth outbreak! The buses are getting better but without the imperative of removing all parking outside of towns and villages in the park there is no reason for them to be excellent. £10 for up to 14 hours parking seems pretty cheap to me so I hope nobody is complaining. The car park at Pen-y-Pass is popular with walkers going up Snowdon The price of parking at the highest car park within the [ continue reading Price hike planned for Snowdonia’s highest car park ]
The highest job in Wales is being advertised for someone with a head for heights and the occasional sleepover. The Snowdon Mountain Railway Company is looking for a manager for the £8.4m visitor centre and cafe on [ continue reading Top job on offer at Hafod Eryri ] This is an example of the weather phenomenon called “hard rime”. The cafe at the summit of Snowdon covered in 4-8 inches of feathered ice. Rime is a type of white-coloured ice that forms when water droplets from fog or low-lying clouds freeze during temperatures between -7 and -2C. As cold as it looked. The ice was at least 100 – 200mm thick over the entire building. An inquest has been adjourned on a 39-year-old climber who fell to his death in Snowdonia. Derren Barber, of Bognor Regis, west Sussex, was near the summit of Pen yr Ole Wen when he fell about 700ft (213m) last Friday. His climbing companion [ continue reading Inquest opened into Sussex climber’s Snowdon fall ] But Dewi’s changes aren’t all we asked for. Joe Brown is selling dog booties. Well in a spirit of 2010-NY-resolution thrift we have created our own version modelled here by Dasher the wonder-hound. Why isn’t he Sir Joe Brown by the way? There should be a Facebook group for that. Time would be better-spent doing that than trying to get Spandau Ballet’s GOLD adopted as the UK’s national anthem I think. “The poet’s eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven” Visitors to the Snowdonia National Park are being urged to use “common sense” when parking their vehicles. The warning came after motorists parked on the side of the road at Pen y Pass near Llanberis because the car park was inaccessible due to snow and ice. Snowdonia parking warning as drivers clog up roads ]
“A climber has been rescued in Snowdonia after falling 40 metres in a gully. The man in his mid 20s, from Cardiff, was with a woman colleague from a south Wales mountaineering club. The pair were ice climbing on the gully at Cwm Idwal near Devil’s Kitchen. The man was held by his safety rope during the fall in which he broke his leg.” (CLICK HERE FOR MORE -> BBC News – Fallen climber with broken leg rescued in Snowdonia: .)
Seven people have been rescued in four separate helicopter operations in Snowdonia in a little over 24 hours. They include a dramatic rescue in heavy sleet and darkness to save two men trapped on a mountainside. A mother and daughter were also [ continue reading Snowdonia helicopter rescues save seven in 24 hours ]
“SNOWDON can be more dangerous than Mount Everest because it is the peak of choice for ill-equipped tourists treating it like a gentle hillside stroll, a climbing expert has claimed. Cameron McNeish, editor of The Great Outdoors magazine, made the comments after it was revealed call-outs for mountain rescuers have doubled in Snowdonia over the last year. There have been six deaths so far on the Welsh mountain range in 2009, compared with five on Everest, which at 29,035ft stands almost 10 times higher than Snowdon.” (CLICK HERE FOR MORE -> WalesOnline – News – Wales News [ continue reading climbing Snowdon can be more dangerous than Everest, warns expert ] |
 
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