After a pretty uneventful year of camping thanks to covid I saw a window in to get out and do a camp. I was back at work after quite a 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 ofered 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 town. 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.
TheBrownDog wrote: ↑Sun Aug 09, 2020 9:27 pm
I'd like to read this, I really would, but ... well ... it's a paragraph thing.
Ah sorry I never did well in school I preferred to be outdoors which is what this site is all about is it not Anyway if you struggle just watch the link.. If not then move on and have a vaguely exciting day. Bet you used to bring the teacher a biggest apple everyday
Lovely morning there, nice to see the film as I wasn't far from there last week. Did think of a few more miles to see the coast but was short on time and didn't have weather that good either! Cheers
jameso wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 8:53 pm
Lovely morning there, nice to see the film as I wasn't far from there last week. Did think of a few more miles to see the coast but was short on time and didn't have weather that good either! Cheers
Its a great area to go I enjoy it even more so this time of year with the heather in full bloom. The coast has been really busy of a late and cycling along it is a bit of a pain at times. Glad you enjoyed the film
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 town. 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. 
Anyway if you struggle just watch the link.. If not then move on and have a vaguely exciting day. Bet you used to bring the teacher a biggest apple everyday 
