Thursday, 31 May 2012

fort william next

good night sleep. not too many aches and pains among the team
left for FW at 6am
grabbed some butties for the drive

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friday morning

well everybody got a good nights sleep. not too many aches and pains
quick butty then onto Fort William

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back to car and onto Gretna for night

made good time to the hotel. good meal and off to bed

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pen pass

half way point

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on the summit

a bit longer than planned but here

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ready for the hike

snowdon first it is raining and will be all day

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Wednesday, 30 May 2012

On the road and on time

Well the trip has started! Terry had bacon butties for us.
got away at 6 :30a.m from Oxford area.
Driver John cruising along.



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Monday, 28 May 2012

we could only hope for this weather


We could only hope the weather is this clear across the UK
Satellite photo on 28/May/2012

Final briefing

Well we had the final run through discussion tonight.  We reviewed the timetables, routes, and distances.

Looks aok and we are all in agreement. 

The plan is to meet at Terry's at 6am and be on the road before 6:30 am

Weather looks OK for the three days.   At least it will have cooled from the high heat from the last couple of days.

Ben Nevis looks pretty clear.  

So good to go.

Just need to find our driver - He has gone AWOL.  

Next update will be early Thursday morning.

Thursday, 24 May 2012

one week to go

One week till the trip.

The big worry was the snow on Ben Nevis.  But with the warm spell it has been melting rapidly.  The latest webcam screen shot shows it has receded quite a bit


The long range forecast is good.

On the Tuesday before we hike Snowdon the 2012 Olympic torch will be up the peak as well.