Mountains and Coast Views

A day of two halves. The first was spent leading a group of students in a remote area of southern Snowdonia, which I'd not been to in a few years.

We didn't see a soul all day, but got some excellent views including this one, where Snowdon can be seen in the centre of the three peaks.

We had gone there to climb at Craig y Tonnau, which has a unique 'rippled' look to it. It was a sheltered sun trap and although a small mission was had finding it thanks to an outdated guidebook description, we had a great time there. (For future reference, stay on the forest track, past a small rock cutting on the left then take the next left hand path about 100m later - avoid the fire break and pylon route!)

Having returned the students, I met Clare by the coast where the sun was making the rock glow orange.

We did a couple of routes at the far end of the top level - they had some nice climbing on, but both had a bit of suspect rock that we had to be careful around.

Still, it was nice to be in T-Shirts at 20:00 while looking out to sea.

We got back home after the sun had set, absolutely ravenous and pretty exhausted. This was the view from the garage forecourt as I stopped to re-fuel on the way to The Cottage.

Craig y Tonnau Climb:

- Robbins, Nest, Severe (4a)

Penmaenbach Quarry Climbs:

- Pendulum Corner, 5

- Agent Orange, 5