The Rhinogydd are tough, notoriously so. In fact, while I’ve walked these hills countless times, I was yet to walk them all in one trip. So the weekend was set, and typically heavy and prolonged rain was forecast. Being the hardy souls that we are at Mud and Routes, we decided that the weekend was […]

Wild camped between Y Garn and Drws y Coed last night. Turned out to be a corker. The Route I’ve camped out on virtually all the hills around North Snowdonia, but never had I managed a night out amongst the Eifionydd hills. I’d failed a few years back when I reached Garnedd Goch with the

It’s been summer followed by autumn this weekend, and this trip got the best of both. I’d walked all of the route, bar the initial approach before, but I was yet to string the entire range into one trip. The only peaks that I missed out were Duman, Allt Fawr and Moel Meirch which would

Yet another glorious weekend walk had by all and just hoping it won’t be the last. Decided that over Elidir from Dinorwig was the most appealing option as I had to work around the logistics of getting to Capel Curig by lunchtime on the Saturday. I’m only posting some images, but the wild camping spot

This was a trip report that i posted on Walk Eryri Blog in 2009, so it’s being reposted on here along with some of the posts, along with upgraded images. The forecast for the weekend appeared benign. So the decision to bivvy in the Moelwynion was taken. May as well take the tarp, in the

Had an interesting weekend wild camping over Moel Siabod, testing out some new gear and mainly some new grub, all in preparation for a Knoydart trip in a few months’ time. It was all good, camping in the forest on the way up on Friday and having a bit of a play with a Kelly

This fine weather means that it’s much more pleasant to wild camp, and especially to bivvy. Went bivvying on the weekend of the summer solstice on the summit of Ysgafell Wen. It wasn’t the best pitch, in fact it was far from flat, but the view was just incredible. Here’s some images: Night on Ysgafell