North Wales - Day 9

It was cloudy in the morning but the forecast was for better weather later, so we decided to go up Mount Snowdon (1085m). We drove to the Pen-y-Pass car park, getting there about 8.20am, only to find it was full already.

We had to drive 3 miles down the valley to the Park and Ride and get the bus back up again. We hadn't yet had breakfast, so we ate it in the lower car park.

By the time we caught the bus back up, it was 9.30am before we started walking. There were a lot of people around, and it was raining a bit when we set off.

We went up the Pyg path, which starts steeply from the car park then levels off a bit.

The rain had stopped by now, and it was occasionally very warm when the sun came out.

The path got steeper again later, and when we climbed up to the summit ridge we met the train just setting off down.

At the summit it was very busy, and we had occasional views around when the cloud cleared.

We then went down again, taking the Miners' path this time, which was steep down to the lake then quite gentle.

By the time we got to the bottom, then caught the bus back to the car park, it was about 3pm. Nevertheless we decided we could drive all the way home.

There was a traffic jam on the M56 due to an accident which delayed us over an hour, so it was slow going. We stopped at Lancaster services for a sandwich then eventually arrived home about 10.30pm.