Bongo Fury

79 was about the last decent winter we had - there was a bit of a flurry easter 81.
79 i was working at the local hospital - first week in january i did a week long shift because the staff from town couldnt get up here - nursing cooking cleaning the lot it was hard work but good fun - the last day snow fell out of the sky was 3rd may but there was still snow lying on the ground on 3rd june. - see i havnt always been a northern wimp.

Wonder if that was the year my folks took us to aber falls and it was frozen, if I ever work out how to put pics on I'll show you...but this is where it is http://www.trekkingbritain.com/aberfall ... newydd.htm
we used to live down the road and there's some fab walks along the roman road and to aber lake...we used to walk across the mountain to aber then stop in the pub and walk back along the beach...great promenade on llanfairfechan

hope this works
Debs

That must have been a very severe winter as Aber falls are only a few feet above sea level and it's not very often it freezes to any great extent. It's not even mentioned in the 'winter climbs' guide..!

dreamwarrioruk wrote:just had a look at this thread,looks the business,in snowdonia as well,looked at the menu for the pub grub and they do spotted dick for pudding,got to go just for that,not many places do spotted dick.cant say yes or no for coming,will have to leave that up to mike,see if he looks at it,

MIKE LOOK AT THIS ????? YES LOOKS LIKE YOUR GOING

Yep were coming



Gary & Tina

bongolow wrote:That must have been a very severe winter as Aber falls are only a few feet above sea level and it's not very often it freezes to any great extent. It's not even mentioned in the 'winter climbs' guide..!

Yeh it was amazing and i was only a kid but realised how amazing it was even then....must have been late 70's or even early 80's...no date on the pic , but I remember taking it

You are right Debbie it was in the late 1970,s. I have dug out some old photographs of myself and my nephew Peter climbing Snowdon in February 1978, that must have been the year.


Snowdon from the Pig track. Llyn Glaslyn and Llyn Llydaw were frozen over, we walked on them.


Peter ploughing on ahead of me up the Pig track.


Me making a hard job of it. I was better looking in those days.


The west face of Snowdon. We took the path up as I was no climber in those days.

Great pics cant wait to see this place in the flesh.


Gary & Tina

You will have a wee problem if you want to see these views of Snowdon Gary & Tina. The Bongo Meet campsite is on the opposite side of the mountain from where Snowdon looks much different. You will need to drive round Pen-y-pass on the Pass of Llanberis and walk to Llyn Llydaw on the low level miners track to see Snowdon in its full glory.

Tony

I'm in as long as I've got hook up
I'll be bringing firetoys of course - I'll try & remember the firestaff this time Snowkiter

You're in & more than welcome Kirsty. Anyone that aids global warming at that time of year has to be a good thing!

As a sideline - Its been a week now & still not had a reply from the site, apologies there peeps.

Will chase them tomorrow . . .

I am really tempted but it is a long way down the motorway and I still don't have my MS-50 Cruise Control fitted.
Put me down as a remote possibility with leccy if possible.
Tony

As far as I know at the moment Tony, all pitches have leccy & water too, whether you need it or not.

How posh is that!!

Does that just mean they're waterlogged when you say they have water?