Equinox Expeditioning

After flying back (with great views above the west coast of France), from the Picos de Europa, I had a day to sort and wash my kit and get ready for the next expedition.

I’ll admit to being totally shattered, so was quite glad to have a quite day by myself sorting out budgets, kit, paperwork and general admin. The weather had been showery, but I took a stroll out from The Cottage at dusk where the light on the clouds was fantastic.

Then it was back on foot and out into the mountains!



I’ve been doing some expedition training with some 6th form students, which is always great fun. We had the mountains to ourselves last night and some great camping weather too.



With it being the longest day yesterday, it felt like it might never go dark, and was light again when I woke at 4am. 



My team have been following (mostly!) the North Wales Coastal Path, and I’ve been moving between checkpoints, keeping tabs on them and offering advice along the way.



I camped last night on the highest point (a peak called Moelfre) above Llanfairfechan. It was a terrible place really as it bore the full brunt of the strong northerly winds, (compared to the group who were nicely sheltered below!), but it was worth it to have a prime viewing position for the equinox sunset...