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My first trip to (and photograph of) Snowdonia.I set off straight from work at 4.30pm on a Friday. I'd prepared for bad traffic and packed car-snacks galore but the journey from Manchester city centre to Llanberis only took about 1 hour and 40 minutes.
Driving to Snowdonia in such good weather was fantastic. So good in fact, that I felt almost disappointed to arrive so quickly.
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My brother, Damian 'Deek' Hunt near Glyder Fach (994 metres).Deek is a fearless type. So, when I told him to pose for this trick photograph he duly obliged.
The apalling visibility that day made for perfect hoax conditions. But an hour or so later Deek was lost in the fog without maps or GPS.
We'd split up after we sent him down an easy short cut. Only it wasn't a short cut. It was a map-reading error.
Sorry, Deek.
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Me, on the famous cantilever stone.I'd chosen this walk specifically for its almost unique lunar landscape.
The visibility made it so you had to more or less bump into something before you realised you'd found it.
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Climbing Carnedd Dafydd (1044 metres) with Tryfan behind.Wonderful second day weather and great company made for a very special day.
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Snowdonian peaks offering an almost Himalayan-looking scene. -
A month or so after the photos above were taken, I made my second trip to Snowdonia.This is one of the Rhinogs but with such bad visibility, I could've been absolutely anywhere.
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The approach to the high back of Cadair Idris (791 metres).A deceptive photo. Look for the little outlines of people at the top to get some scale.
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Looking back across Llyn Cau. -
All back-packed up for a night's wild camping amongst Derwent fells.One glorious afternoon.
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View across Derwent fells.It was hard to stop taking photos. The lengthening shadows and intense green were an amazing sight.
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Walking towards Black Crag and Maiden Moor.The pack weighed a ton but I didn't complain once. I complained many times.
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Ah, what a picture!I'd been looking out across the fells since the walk began but this spot really emphasised the sheer scale of the fells.