1st wild camp of the year.

[pathfinder]

After a pretty uneventful year of cycling and  camping thanks to covid I saw a window in to get out and do a camp. I was back at work after quitea while off but only doing half days so come midday I headed up to the nearest decent mountain Tal y fan in North Wales. I had a problem though as my normal off road bike a fat bike needed some work doing on it so had to use the gravel bike and worried if it was up for the task. It was a insanly hot day and I ain't no athlete as always opted to drink a six pack rather then exercise to get one. I was soon up Conwy mountain where the Heather and Gorse where in full bloom which offerd a pretty awsome display of colour. I headed on to tal y fan and admittly I stuggled a fair bit due to being unhealthy and sweating about 20 mints per miniute  But soon I was at the base of Tal y Fan and pushed on up. I planned on camping right near the summit but found a cracking spot lower down and decided that was my spot. I set up camp and relaxed and soon noticed the floor had lots of flies crawling on it. I soon discovered that these where bloody midges and the little gits soon took flight and started to eat me alive. Thankfully after a hour the wind picked up and they all buggered off as I opened a beer and relaxed. As the sun set cloud some low cloud came in which made the Llandudno town and Conwy look like it was on fire. The night went well and I was buzzing watching the stars pop out and lights come on in the towns. The bizzare cloud forms was quite amazing and all to soon it was midnight and I climbed into the sleeping bag. I awoke the next day to be blessed with a see of cloud in the valleys as fog clung to the low lands it was stunning to watch and was accually hard to cycle without keep lookingh at the view. It was a great couple of days and the gravel bike did a great job

https://youtu.be/AazQ8a25xvU

[HeltorChasca]

Fantastic!

Genuinely thinking of moving up to North Wales from here near Bath/Bristol with my 10 year old daughter. Self employed gardener so I need to research work up that way. House prices are excellent.


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[jiberjaber]

That looked great  - why the one downvote?!?!?! I don't understand some people sometimes!

[Lightning Phil]

Enjoyed that. Must have been a pain setting the camera , riding past, then coming back to collect it. Also glad you kept to the rule of keep it short. I have no idea why people think others are going to watch a 20 min or longer video they have uploaded. 2-3 mins is about right for most.

[pathfinder]

Fantastic!

Genuinely thinking of moving up to North Wales from here near Bath/Bristol with my 10 year old daughter. Self employed gardener so I need to research work up that way. House prices are excellent.


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It is a great place to live even more so if you enjoy cycling. Hope you can find work up here

[pathfinder]

Enjoyed that. Must have been a pain setting the camera , riding past, then coming back to collect it. Also glad you kept to the rule of keep it short. I have no idea why people think others are going to watch a 20 min or longer video they have uploaded. 2-3 mins is about right for most.

Glad you enjoyed it. It was a bit of a pain having to keep getting the camera all the time but it did give me a rest from cycling which I needed as it was really hot. Yeah I don't like long videos myself unless its a real epic adventure. Thanks for the positive comments 

[pathfinder]

That looked great  - why the one downvote?!?!?! I don't understand some people sometimes!

Thanks it was a very enjoyable day. No idea about the down vote but guess everyone has a opinion. Glad you enjoyed it