Lovely hike with some panoramic view of the lake district

What a few days we've had up in North Wales!

Thursday we hit Crib Goch, Snowdon, Watkins path down and Y Llewidd on the way back to Pen-y-pas, beautiful weather to do it in apart from the 30mph wind gusts up on the edge!!

Friday was the knee trembler...

Tryfan North ridge to start, this was something we needed full concentration on!

Once completed we moved onto Brisley Ridge and then Sinister gulley which I can confidently say I never want to do again🤣🤣🥵

If you have this in your sights, really take your time, pack light and really enjoy it, the views are amazing!

Featuring the 12 Apostles

Just missed sunrise but still a cracking day with views back to the Big Three. Worth the 1:15am start!

It was blowing a gale on the way up from Llanfairfechan to Drum, I was struggling to walk against the wind, and I doubted it would be safe up on the tops. Still, I'd go as far as I could then turn round and come back when it got too bad.

As it turned out the wind dropped as I got higher up and to my surprise it was just a strong breeze at the summit.

It's been a long time since I've been on the Carneddau, and from Carnedd Gwenllian onwards I didn't see a soul until I was back down at Abergwyngregyn. I had the quiet mountains all to myself to enjoy the warm sunshine ☺️ Finished with tired legs along the coast path to Llanfairfechan, then the bus back to Conwy for fish & chips!

I am an American studying in London. I see this brand Karrimor everywhere in stores. Wondering what the quality is like. It seems to be similar to the Columbia brand we have in the states. As in, their nice stuff is nice and there cheap stuff is cheap. I am going on a trip to the alps soon. I actually work at a hiking store in the states so I get quite good deals on hiking stuff so I don't want to spend money on anything I could get for cheaper back home. Does anyone swear by this stuff?

Edit: General consensus seems to be : its shite

Any good recs for brands that wont break the bank that make decent gear?

As per title. What's a good place in Snowdonia / Eryri to base yourself for a few days / a week of walks without a car? Hopefully somewhere with B&B's or hostels but I wouldn't rule out camping, and ideally fairly quiet. Not fussed if the walks are from the doorstep or a short-ish ride on public transport. I've seen the question asked a few times for the Lake District (my answer: Keswick) and the Peak District (my answer: anywhere in the Hope Valley) but not seen suggestions for Snowdonia.

A brilliant day today hiking up Maol Chean-dearg (Munro) and An Ruadh-Stac (Corbett)

going for 3-5 days hiking. anyone know where i can leave the car and can i pre-pay the days if i need to pay. thanks.

I’ve been doing a lot more solo hiking as my mates and my partner all seem to be going off hiking slowly over the years. I’ve done a mix of daytime and nighttime stuff.

My fitness isn’t bad. I’ve been hammering the miles recently and improving my speed and strength on each one. And I’ve got decent kit with a mix of waterproof, wind proof and down gear that I’ve built up over the years for pretty much any weather. So I think I’m good for it.

I did snowdon a few years ago and loved it. I know it’s a busy mountain that’s often busy, but I really want to do it again.

Anyone any thoughts on solo hiking it?

It’s the biggest mountain I’ll have done on my own. And I’ll be looking to get there early and set off on arrival, probably this week as I can get a day off work.

My thoughts are if something bad happens I’ll at least hopefully see other walkers to get help.

I was looking at the doing the miners and pyg track as I’ve done this route before.

I appreciate it’s not the biggest adventure in the world, but I wanted to see what others thought?

Any thoughts / tips?

edit Thanks for the advice and encouragement all. I’ve booked my parking spot and I’m going for it. Cheers

Hi! Just booked a 5 day stay in Blackford, Carlisle and wondered if anyone has any recommendations for places to go for beautiful scenery nearby? I am familiar with the Lakes and will probably have a couple of trips down there during my stay but I was hoping there would be some recommendations for places within 30 mins or so driving? Also any pub or restaurant recommendations nearby would be much appreciated, it’s going to be my birthday when we visit and I’d like somewhere nice to go for dinner on the evening 😊 Thank you so much in advance! 🌿🍀🌾🌞

Was bloody cold and windy when I set off this morning with lots of low cloud. Brightened up as morning went on though.

Alternatives to Ullswater way

Two of us are planning to do the ullswater way in May. Spread out over two days with a wildcamp halfway round.

I love the idea in terms of length, and the scenery looks lovely, but part of me just thinks a lot of it seems a bit too tame, too manicured, too close to civilization, etc...

I know you can "go high" rather than do the entire walk around the water, take in the stone circle, and a few pikes along the way, but I dunno...I guess I'm looking for something similar in length but a bit wilder, a bit more exciting, ideally with some scrambling and less road crossing/towns to pass through, etc.

We can only do 2 nights, and Scotland is out of the question, but north Wales is also on the cards.

We usually wildcamp around the coniston/langdale area, do the old man of coniston on the first day, visit some caves, etc, but we're looking for something new to do.

I've done most of the peak district and some of the dales. My favourite hike so far was the dragons back but its pretty short. I also very much enjoyed ludds Church and the roaches, but again, that's just a day hike and not a 2 day and night adventure.

Any suggestions would be massively appreciated!!

Cheers everyone!

Set out at 07:30 this morning, took 4 hours. Fairly quiet route, only met a handful of people. Windy conditions but otherwise great weather.

Hi all,

Me, my partner, and our dog are visiting Eryri / Snowdonia for just over a week soon. Us humans are keen hikers but our dog.. not so much - he’s a very lazy greyhound.

Unlike some greyhounds I know who will stop and refuse to walk if they don’t fancy it, we’re lucky in that our hound will come on long walks with us and we’ve done 10+ miles before without much fuss from him. However, we’re from London and most of our walks with him have been around the south / south east, so most of these have been on the flat or with minimal elevation. I think the highest he’s probably been is Ivinghoe Beacon.. He’s also a big dog with thin skin and paws that aren’t used to rocky terrain - though we of course have a first aid kit and he has shoes, would rather not have to potentially carry a 33kg dog down a mountain in the worst case scenario.

Anyway. We’re looking for some suggestions for walks that might be suitable taking the above into account. We’ve written off Snowdon and any lesser peaks that are particularly rocky underfoot / require any amount of scrambling, but up for pretty much everything else. Any suggestions for shorter walks also appreciated, as we’ll need a few slower days for him. We’ll be based in Betws-y-Coed but will have a car so anywhere within a few hours’ drive.

Thanks for any suggestions!

(For the inevitable comments - no he's never let off lead, yes we always pick up his poo)

Is there a website or an app where I can track my progress of walking the SW Coast Path? I want to create a personal challenge of completing it all before I die. I don’t really want a scratch map. TIA

👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Hi all. Does anyone have any recommendations for some good women's waterproof overtrousers that are either available in a 27 leg, or have a way of tightening the leg hole so they aren't too long? I'm searching for my wife, and struggling find anything which isn't just the cheap not-actually-waterproof trousers.

Had no motivation to hike this week, less than zero. So I got up and out before I even let myself think. No overthinking, just boots on and out the door. Started at Castle Coch and around to join part of the Taff Ely Ridgeway, where I was almost blown off the edge. Worth it though.

Hope you're enjoying your Saturday hike!

I’m going to be attempting the Welsh3000s this June, I’ve done most segments of the route before but would love to hear any tips people have for how to best prepare, both physically and mentally!

Since I’m roughly 2 months out should I be focusing on cardio training like running, or just hiking etc?

Thanks in advance!

Just picked up my Nordkapp boots back from the factory after having them re-soled and couldnt be happier :)

I was running into issues with wear on the soles, particularly around the heel break when walk8ng down steep slopes. (They lasted for all of my summer ML QMDs so I think they did pretty well!)

The uppers were still in good enough condition, just needed new soles and rand, they look good enough to go for another few hundred miles :)

Can't recommend the service at Alt-Berg enough, much more preferable (and cheaper!) than just throwing them away and buying a new pair :)