{"id":2488,"date":"2012-08-25T12:36:12","date_gmt":"2012-08-25T11:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/?p=2488"},"modified":"2022-04-11T21:33:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T20:33:28","slug":"maximal-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/maximal-efficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"Maximal efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Less than twenty-four hours in Snowdonia…how to make the best use of my limited time?<\/p>\n

I get to the caravan at 18:30, and an hour later have been dropped at Pen y Pass. A later start for running than I’d usually like, but it has the welcome effect of meaning that Snowdon is nice and quiet. Over Y Lliwedd – still warm, even in the breeze, to Bwlch Ciliau, and then down into Cwm Tregalan in fading light. A hundred yards from my eventual campsite, on boggy ground, I step on what I think is a rock. It turns out to be a deep pool, into which I fall waist deep. The muggy evening actually makes this amusing, rather than potentially hypothermic, and after \u00a0pitching the tent I have a quick bath in the river while dinner bubbles away on the stove.<\/p>\n

\"Cwm

Cwm Tregalan – a fine campsite. Unless you’re a National Park warden, in which case I’m not even sure where this is. \u00a9 Haydn Williams 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

Saturday dawns bright, as the forecast suggested, but hazy. A little breakfast and then I’m moving quickly over to Bwlch Cwm Llan and then more slowly upwards to the summit of Yr Aran. A quick blast now down to Beddgelert. It’s further than I remember, and the added conundrum of avoiding a herd of cows adds to my time. Great views over the western edge of the park, nonetheless.<\/p>\n

Back at the caravan by 09:00, I shower and head over to Ogwen. I know Gary’s around here somewhere, and sure enough I’m confronted by his camper van as I round the corner by the MRT base. I pull over and leg it up to Tryfan Bach, where Gary’s giving a lesson in belaying to his cousin. We get up a couple of routes in a very enjoyable and chilled out manner – it feels good to climb again, as I’ve focussed a lot on running lately. A dash back to the car, and then it’s the monotony of the A55, pleasantly broken up by visits to some friends and then my brother.<\/p>\n

So that’s running, camping, climbing, and visits to two sets each of friends and family, all within a day. Satisfyingly efficient, and lots of fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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