Bongo Fury

pics part two,sorry having to do it like this but spent ages last night doing this and web page timed out and i lost the lot. any how here goes.

veiws of surrounding hills on campsite



as friday evening gets nearer more bongo's arrive to fill up field five


our next door neighbour for the weekend,mike's bongo in the background

one happy camper!



pictures of our trek up snowdon in part three if anyones interested

tay wrote: pictures of our trek up snowdon in part three if anyones interested

Indeed

Hey Tay,

Great pics of the convoy. Shame you didn't get one of the bit where Dave turned off into the Water Treatment Works thinking it was the campsite and we all duly followed

ok here goes.
after getting up early on saturday,we got ready to set off for a day out on snowdon



car park at pen-y-pass full so parked at bottom of hill and had a nice warm up walk

josh ready to go at pen-y-pass,crib goch summit in background

mrs tay,jen, and my sis,jane,on the pyg track


veiw of the causeway from pyg track ladder stile

start of the path leading to crib goch

first look at snowdon summit,photo's dont do it justice,breathtaking.

part four coming up!

part four,or is it three.onwards and upwards.


josh

zak

veiw of lake from pyg track

me and sis where pyg track and miners track meet

the bit where i fell over!


jen being smug because she did'nt fall over!

carried on till almost at the zig zags then decided this was far enough as conditions were getting tricky under foot and people seemed to be struggling on the ridge



last part coming up, i promise,the descent.

came back down via the miners track,nice easy route after the first scramble down


awesome

looking up at summit from start of miners track

a flat bit at last

who's that bloke with lights on his arms?



a quick sit down


then it was back to site looking forward to a few beers here

as it turned out we were too knackered to venture out,bugger.
i'm not a number i'm a free bongo!


thats all folks!note to self must get a better camera instead of spending money on bongo,hmm lets think... nah cameras ok.cheers guys tay.

Well peeps...what can I say that hasn't been said already.

Once I got my legs working again today after our gentle stroll I've finally got around to checking out the piccies. They really captured the spirit of the weekend.

Really had doubts as to if the marquee would stay up on Friday night. It did in fact move two foot sideways but the storm straps kept it down. Three zips popped and its taken me 4 hours to get things sorted. We had a great team putting it up in a gale on Friday and dismantling it on Sunday morning in incredibly sunny calm weather. First time it has been packed dry for about 18 months.

The weather also defied the usually 100% accurate Mountain Weather Information Service and I didn't really expect to get out on the hill on Saturday. In the event our intrepid party managed the gentle stroll as planned...8 miles and three quarters the way up Snowdon..pretty much the same route as Tay's group. A bit windy/gusty in places but otherwise great weather. Particular mention must go to 10 year old Annabelle who bounded around like a mountain goat putting us oldlies to shame. Back in the 60s I patrolled this route and Crib Goch on Bank Holidays as a National Park Warden and thought nothing of going up and down Snowdon 4 or 5 times a day. What a difference 40 years makes . Incidentally congrats to Bongolow who forged on and made it to the summit.

Thanks to all those who fed and watered me over the weekend. I never managed to get my kitchen unpacked! Particular mention and thanks to And & Den who once again managed to fill me with good food and got me drunk (again) on Saturday night in their newly refurbed 'land of leather' bongo interior...probably one of the nicest and most tasteful conversions I've encountered.

And of course....special thanks to Mr M and family for setting the meet up. I'd never normally make such a long trip from the Lakes to a meet but it was well worth it. It was amazing to return to my original stomping ground where I cut my mountaineering teeth after 25 years away.

Thanks again all.

H

MountainGoat wrote:Finally got back home at around 4pm yesterday after spending Sunday night at the Red Lion in Eaton. Got hammered by the locals at pool and then ended up drinking with two of them in my bongo after we were thrown out of the pub at closing time.

There's just no stopping you is there! Your trip back beats YBBs record but Kirsty smashes both of you.


& Tay - theres me thinking I'd not seen you all weekend. As we were driving back down the road from the full car park to find a spot to dump the motors, you gave us the Secret Sign! Wondered who that was . . . .

Great set of pics from all of you & very well done on that trek. Dunno about you, I felt fine sunday morning but come wake up for work time monday, I couldn't even lift a toothbrush!

Until the next time.

mister munkey wrote:Until the next time.

Bring it on big boy

Gutted we couldnt make this,looks like it was one brill weekend.

Great photos from everyone.

Roll on another meet there next year when me knees are `run in`

Brian n Jean

A brilliant weekend with new and old friends. Looking forward to meeting up again at the main bash or earlier. Great pics everyone, wish we had remembered our camera!!

Freewheeler wrote:A brilliant weekend with new and old friends. Looking forward to meeting up again at the main bash or earlier. Great pics everyone, wish we had remembered our camera!!

You could have done what I did - took the camera and never used it!

Or use your camera phone

Just a few piccies

Friday morning waking up at Cae Du campsite near Bethgelert








Who could Gary be molesting?




Southern invasion




Dinorwig




Bongo overlooking Snowdon

missfixit70 wrote:


Who could Gary be molesting?

no kirsty Gary was just trying to take the tea cosy off the teapot. wayne breakfast tea

Bongoplod wrote:Gutted we couldnt make this,looks like it was one brill weekend.

Great photos from everyone.

Roll on another meet there next year when me knees are `run in`

Brian n Jean

We missed you - I even had to snoop round a newbie's caravan in honour of you!