Views from welsh mountains

Our first stay at plascurig hostel and four unpronounceable peaks

On saturday 24th march 2012 my good mate  Shaun and myself set off for an overnight stay in Snowdonia,  we usually stay in run down bothies or so called youth hostels but i left shaun to do the booking this time and he did us proud. The plascurig hostel has not been open long and you can tell, everything is so clean and unspoiled but you still have a good relaxed atmosphere. The dorms which are £22 a night have eight beds in them and the curtains pull across so you get a good nights sleep, but if you don't want to share with six other swedish girls { god only knows why not } you can book smaller rooms and even family rooms. The hostel is in walking distance from the village of Capel curig were you can get all the supplies you need. Our first two peaks were pen Llithrig y wrach and Carnedd Llywelyn which i'm not going to talk about just enjoy the pictures. These were completed by four o clock at a steady pace setting off at ten, the weather was in the twenties with a nice cool breeze and it would of been rude not to stop a the local for a couple in the beer garden in those conditions. The second day after talking to a rock climber at the diggs we decided to climb Carnedd Dafydd which has some great scrambles and well worth it for the views of Tryfan and Snowdon peaking above the rest. This climb takes around five hours following the track down Ffynnon Llugwy back to the roadside car park. There's some great wildlife to see along the way from wild goats and ponies to flycatchers, dippers and pie crust eating ravens. Give it a go its a great place. ;}