Today was an eventful day, despite the fact of freezing in the icy Snowdonia waters, we learnt a lot of techniques and had plenty of fun making our way through the slimy rocks and gushing waterfalls. We managed to get plenty of photos thanks to Mr White’s impeccable camera skills using up most of Travis’ storage on fungi, and of course us.

First of all we began the morning with a wakeup call and a nutritional breakfast to start our day, from there we made our way to the lecture room to be told what task we had ahead of us. We was given a long list of necessary equipment including things such as waterproof tops and bottoms, food, drink, flask, spare clothes, towels, hats and gloves, medications, helmets, boots etc. And more, so as you can tell the space in the coach may have been a bit cosy for some of our likings.

We left shortly after collecting our kit for a 40 minute journey to get to the gorges. Once all geared up we was lead by Mary (our instructor) to the very start of the trail. The sights was breathtakingly beautiful, it was as if we had entered a mystical movie scene. Little did we know that the journey was not going to be as nice as the views were.

Slowly, hopping from rock to rock, turned into a gruelling mission up steep, slippery, waterfalls. Even though some may have collected a few bumps and bruises, we all managed to succeed without anyone getting air lifted by the rescue squad (somehow). Some parts were quite deep, and thanks to the water proofs, it managed to get into our clothes, and stop the ICE COLD water from finding its way out  :/ . we finished the day with jumping into the water, obviously some forgot that we had to walk all the way back to the minibus….

All In All it was a fun day, now we all hope we do not come down with pneumonia. That concludes today and we are still awaiting what other experiences lie ahead of us.

By Harrison and Travis