We got up early and we had a good filling breakfast which prepared us for the long journey we had ahead of us. This was a climb to the top of mount Snowdon which is the highest mountain in England and Wales(1080m). We left at around 9:40 and took a 20 odd minute to the base of the trail. The trail was long and many people found the high steps difficult. We then endured a long walk to the base of the moutnain where we met several other people – this must mean its a popular route. =)<\/p>\n
We couldn’t believe how beautiful the scenery was and the height we had to climb. There was two huge lakes, towering mounds of rock and swirling white clouds that where like cotton candy. We kept a good pace to begin with, pausing when needed to drink some warm cocoa, even though Mathew kept stopping to take pictures.<\/p>\n
However the speed of our ascent was halted slightly as the mountain streams ran over the rocks and some of us slipped but nobody was injured in the slightest. We kept overtaking and being overtaken by group two but we all took this light hartidly – of course, it doesn’t matter who got to the top first, its the way you get there that matters!<\/p>\n
(Courtesy of Abi: It doesn’t matter who got there first of all the groups, hundreds of other people have already done it. We will get there anyway!)<\/p>\n
The route was long and arduous and we were getting tired. Everyone got there and it was awesome becuase of the clouds we couldn’t see around us because of the clouds swirling around us in a beautiful flurry, so we relied on each other to find our way to the very peak.<\/p>\n
The group all helped each other with words of encouragement.<\/p>\n
The people in our group were Matthaw H. Martin D. Kaan Y.\u00a0 Prudence V. Roisone N. Charlotte T. Elliot L. Abigail McG. and Holly W. Lol<\/p>\n
We all found the journey downhill more fun as we could chat and have more fun. Everyone was smiling and was happy.<\/p>\n
There was a building that we passed that was half demolished but seemed a beautiful building when it was not ruined.<\/p>\n
We found our own pace was different to others so we waited for them to catch up.<\/p>\n
Our instuctor Louise was nice and was a fantastic teacher who told us many, many, many interesting facts about the history of Snowdon and all of the surrounding area.<\/p>\n
The end of the walk ended in a horrible rainstorm – luckily, we were so tired by this point that we didn’t really care what the weather was like. Therefore, we returned to the centre a happy, but exhausted, group of hikers.<\/p>\n
But WOW, everyone feels proud of our achievement! So we shall leave you with a few quotes to smile about.<\/p>\n
–\u00a0 ” Goodbye my beloved Cliffard and my beloved Cliffard senior, I will never forget you.” *<\/p>\n
–\u00a0 ” Woah! Gravity sheep are awesome.” **<\/p>\n
– “Oooh damn – I have no tea left!!! ” ***<\/p>\n
*Cliffard is a giant rock sticking out of the ground. Cliffard seniori s the same but 4 ft higher. One member of our team got emotionally attached to Cliffard. Goodness knows why<\/p>\n
**Gravity Sheep are sheep that are standing in the weirdest places that nobody knows how they get there – the only posible way they could have got there is by diffying gravity and flying<\/p>\n
***Prudence absolutely adores tea<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t