Incredible as it might seem, until today, I'd never actually been to the summit of the Little Orme! At a height of 141m above sea level, it provided the perfect viewpoint to search for the 'geographically misplaced' group of Duke of Edinburgh's Award students that I was trying to locate.
It was a truly wild Saturday, with a strong Northerly wind and steady rain from about midday until 10am on Sunday. The coastal path section of the hike was a bit spicier than usual, with some students getting a soaking if they miss-timed it with the waves!
Still, it was a bonus to be able to summit a 'new peak', even if I did have to wear two sets of waterproofs to stay dry! Current regulations forbid overnight stays for school groups, so we had already had the decision not to camp made for us. Good job too as 60mm of rain fell in the night!
Listening to the rain on the skylight was a much better noise than listening to it hitting the fabric of my tent. It was never torrential, but it did continue all night long. I was certainly glad to be indoors for once! By morning, the valley fields were completely flooded as over 60mm of rain had fallen within 24hours. The roads (apart from the bubbling drain covers), were fine though. I stopped off at Scout Hut Bridge to check out the river - this is usually a technical rock section of white water kayaking, but today it was brown water and no sign of any rocks!
By midday, I was checking on my group of students in the Conwy Estuary. The tide was high and the rains had passed. After such a grim twenty four hours, it felt like a real breath of fresh air and calm to feel the sun on our faces again.
We finished up above the Sychnant Pass, by which time it had turned into alovely afternoon.
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