{"id":6055,"date":"2018-03-11T21:21:50","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T21:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/?p=6055"},"modified":"2022-04-11T16:39:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T15:39:13","slug":"lads-lads-lads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/lads-lads-lads\/","title":{"rendered":"Lads Lads Lads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s safe to say that a lads&#8217; weekend is no longer the drink-fuelled two days of bad behaviour that it once was. This one started with a trip to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a_VTvQLAfaE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tramampoline<\/a> park (yes, I&#8217;m a grown adult). I thoroughly enjoyed regressing to complete childishness, although the attempted front flips were perhaps a little too much.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6078\" style=\"width: 1386px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6078\" src=\"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180307-06.jpg\" alt=\"The definition of elegance. \u00a9 Jono Sumner 2018\" width=\"1376\" height=\"1833\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180307-06.jpg 1376w, https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180307-06-800x1066.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180307-06-1200x1599.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1376px) 100vw, 1376px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The definition of elegance. \u00a9 Jono Sumner 2018<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On the ninja warrior course Gareth once again proved that he&#8217;s more athletic than me, and once all bounced-out we progressed onto a game of squash. That went surprisingly well, given that I&#8217;ve never played squash before and Jono just made the rest of us run around like crazy. Combined with the trampolining I started aching in places I didn&#8217;t know existed, though. The night was finished off with athlete&#8217;s nutrition (a visit to the chip shop) near to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angleseyyurtholidays.co.uk\/shepherd-hut.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">our accommodation<\/a> on Anglesey, and some general knowledge quizzing until the early hours.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6073\" style=\"width: 1373px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6073\" src=\"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180204-01.jpg\" alt=\"#welsh   \u00a9 Haydn Williams 2018\" width=\"1363\" height=\"1833\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180204-01.jpg 1363w, https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180204-01-800x1076.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180204-01-1200x1614.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1363px) 100vw, 1363px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6073\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">#welsh<br \/>\n\u00a9 Haydn Williams 2018<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On the Sunday I nipped up to the Ogwen valley, and took an anti-clockwise lap of the Carneddau. From Glan Dena I passed under Tryfan first, which looked pretty magnificent. Indeed, the whole day turned out to be pretty good.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6074\" style=\"width: 2210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6074\" src=\"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180204-02.jpg\" alt=\"The plan is to run the skyline from right to left. \u00a9\u00a0Haydn Williams 2018\" width=\"2200\" height=\"1482\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180204-02.jpg 2200w, https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180204-02-800x539.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180204-02-1200x808.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180204-02-1400x943.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2200px) 100vw, 2200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The plan is to run the skyline from right to left. \u00a9\u00a0Haydn Williams 2018<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Some of the trail-breaking across the top of Ysgolion Duon was hard work, but the visibility was great and there was no wind. Not many snowy days have coincided with days off work so far this year, but this was a great reminder of why you should seize the opportunity when they do line up.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6076\" style=\"width: 1385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6076\" src=\"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180204-04.jpg\" alt=\"The route ahead - Bwlch yr Eryl Farchog in winter garb. \u00a9 Haydn Williams\" width=\"1375\" height=\"1833\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180204-04.jpg 1375w, https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180204-04-800x1066.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180204-04-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1375px) 100vw, 1375px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The route ahead &#8211; Bwlch yr Eryl Farchog in winter garb. \u00a9 Haydn Williams<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6077\" style=\"width: 2210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6077\" src=\"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180204-05.jpg\" alt=\"Pen yr Ole Wen from Carnedd Dafydd.\u00a0\u00a9 Haydn Williams 2018\" width=\"2200\" height=\"1041\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180204-05.jpg 2200w, https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180204-05-800x379.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180204-05-1200x568.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180204-05-1400x662.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2200px) 100vw, 2200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pen yr Ole Wen from Carnedd Dafydd.\u00a0\u00a9 Haydn Williams 2018<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tramampoline! Also, sunny snowy running.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-outdoors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}