Area: Carneddau, Eryri
Yet another variation loop up Tal y Fan, pleasing that I can still find different routes up a mountain familiar from dozens if not hundreds of ascents over decades. In this case I parked near the water gardens, heading past Tyddyn Mawr to the scout hut and then up through the woods via the Pilgrims Route to Llangelynin Old Church, which looked superb in the morning winter light, the weather far better than forecast. Then came a ferocious headwind, which made the climb to Tal y Fan really hard, particularly with sore legs after yesterday's plunge. At the top, superb views over the Conwy Valley with the sun peeping out of cloud layers and glinting off the river in wonderful soft light. The descent was still into the wind, but I took the direct route down from the stile reaching the road from the summit in 12 minutes. Then I took a circuitous route back via Maen y Bardd, the superb neolithic burial chamber I think I have only found once before. Steeply back down via the edge of Rowen to Gwern Borter and the car.
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