Wanderings up North

Two messages over the week had me booking a Friday off to meeting Darron again plus Matt Holland who nipped over for a quick overnight camp We thought the weather was going to cool but sadly that didnt arrive till late Saturday/Sunday.So it was nice to stay in the shade for a bit as we admired the lovely houses as we left the tarmac behind and followed the path upto Alcock tarn Even by 9 am it was warm so we had 26 c in the shade by 10 am and directly left in the sun,some strange numbers ! Luckily we had filled up with water from below the tarn,once on the ridge we had an early lunch on Heron pike before we seeked out the small amounts of breeze as we headed round the horseshoe     We had pitched early ,3pm ,on a nice spot on Hart crag,me and Matt then offered to collect Darrons water from a source a few 100 ft below us,while he looked after our shelters.I forgot how heavy 7 litres is ! Darron had just found himself a Tarptent Notch in new condition,a fine shelter it...

So a ping on my phone,showed a message from Darron Linney asking if i wanted to join him on a trip too Snowdonia..i had asked him about a trip down here as im collecting the Welsh Furth peaks (15 peaks over 3000 ft) A very early start , 3-30 am saw me and Frank fiesta turn "South!) a strange event for me..a steady run down and a huge big climb at the end saw a tired Frank deliver me to the carpark just below Llyn Eigiau Reservoir My guide the excellent photographer Darron was waiting and we were away by 7-45 am , it was misty and warm as we started off,but already it looked like it would burn through  Darron pointed out the Dulyn bothy and we could see some DOE tents pitched below, no doupt being eaten by the midge, that bothered us even as we stopped for a quick slurp, up here Our first stop was the 735m spot hieght on some nice rock formations,we were treated to some great swirling mist (Seen better on the video) There was also 4 fighter jets playing around th...