Craig Yr Ysfa High Camp

Members Camping: Trish Cranston, Dave Dillon

Members who nearly camped: Virginia Castick, John Castick, Cath Sanders

Members found lurking on Anglesey: Roger Dyke, Roger Daley, Lester Payne, James Richardson

 

Driving down the coast Road on Saturday morning, John, Cath and I were quite cheered by the sunny weather. By the time we reached the car park at Cwm Eigiau the drizzle, strong wind and low cloud caused us to retreat to Anglesey for some sunny climbing on Holyhead mountain. How we missed Trish and Dave on the road I don't know. They arrived about the same time as us but were obviously made of sterner stuff and set off to the chosen campsite for a weekend of walking and wine drinking. Apparently the weather wasn't too awful but not really fit to climb.

Meanwhile on Anglesey, no sooner had Cath and I set off for the crag, the mist rolled in and a strong wind blew. One route saw us back at the car park birdwatching with John. It was lovely to see Puffins which I had only ever seen before in Scotland. We met Chris Thickett and Lynne also birdwatching in the now gale force winds. Retreating to Roger Dyke's 'place in the sun' for a cup of tea we found Lester, Roger Daley and James on the same mission. At least it was an opportunity to watch the Wimbledon Ladies final.

After a night at the hut we considered going to Craig Yr Ysfa for the day but sanity prevailed and we had a pleasant day out climbing on Bochlwyd Buttress instead.

Virginia Castick