| Our
walk started from the Pen Y Gwryd (PYG) hotel, after a hearty breakfast.
I’ve stayed there before a few times and I really like it. The owners
are unusual in sticking to an idiosyncratic tradition, quite assertive and
akin to an older style of hotel keeping. Although the hotel lacks many modern
conveniences, it is run with a collegiate and trusting ethos, fitting, I
feel, for the mountain walking fraternity. In any event, no TVs, mobile
signal or internet access is a virtue in my book. We climbed to the summit
of Glyder Fach following the intake wall, and the weather improved as we
gained height. Despite the chill wind on the summit, it was sunny and clear
and we played on the cantilever stone, before ambling down to gaze at the
magnificent architecture of Castell y Gwynt. Despite its name (castle of
the winds) it was strangely calm in the vicinity of the rocks, and we lingered
there awhile. Later we reached the rocky spires of Glyder Fawr, by which
time the wind had picked up, causing us to shelter in the lee of the summit.
We descended to Pen y pass, diverted for a moment by a fracas between the
dogs; after détente was established we carried on down the road to
the hotel for a very welcome beer. Dinner was preceded by a deep hot bath,
one of the finest features of the PYG experience. Return
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