Snowdonia Trip

After our 6am departure, and a long bus journey, we arrived in Snowdonia at Pen-y-Pass, and we were welcomed into Wales by the sun. We took a scenic route towards the summit, stopping at Llyn Teyrn where we took in the view of the glacial tarn from above. Shortly after, the track took us over the causeway – above Llyn Llydaw reservoir – and we were able to sit within the landscape, taking it in as we had our lunch. Amazingly, the sun kept shining and the weather only improved whilst we continued our way up and into Snowdon Horseshoe. Although the pathway did become harder, we welcomed the challenge of climbing up the steeper stone steps. We all made it to lake Glaslyn where we stopped. The final view of Glaslyn and Snowdon summit was worth the steep climb in the unprecedented heat.

In the afternoon, we settled into our rooms and were even able to take a walk into the town, Conwy, where we had free time to see the quay and even have ice cream.

The next morning, we took another coach ride to Cwm Idwal, with the sun still shining down on us, and stopped in front of the Llyn to take a group photo.

We then took a short trip to the Nant Ffrancon valley, where we carried out some field work. With Mr Murray, we measured the angle of striations of where the glacier would have flowed over 10,000 years ago. With Mrs Greenfield, we measured the angles of a roche mountonnée – a feature found at the base of the valley – and with Miss Pollard, we sorted types of sediment that we found on the riverbank. We were blessed with the unusual but amazing weather as we carried out our fieldwork across the two days! Finally, we took in the surreal landscape of this previously glaciated area one last time before our bus ride back home.