Wild Swim weekend & Michelle & Mark’s 30thAnniversary Ty Powdwr 17th / 18th August 2024

Midge Castick, Michelle Harvie, Mark Garrod 

It’s time for a sunny Welsh walk swim August meet. This is also a party weekend to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Mark & Michelle meeting on a KMC meet @ Stanage. Please let Michelle or Mark know if you are coming for catering and if you want to volunteer to bring a dessert. (michelle.harvie@manchester.ac.uk/mark.garrod@btconnect.com. Home phone 0161 438 3898. 

All climbers / walkers are welcome to the hut / party this weekend – you don’t need to swim!

Mark & Michelle are aiming to provide a communal vegetarian meal for Saturday night & hopefully there will be music / dancing Saturday night.

Swim / Walk Saturday 17th August

Plans for the walk / swim will be confirmed nearer the time once we see the weather forecast.

Saturday will be the main walk. If weather is good we plan to walk to and swim in the scenic cwm directly to the west of Snowdon, which includes Llyn Nadroedd (lake of serpents),Llyn Glas (blue lake) and, lower down, Llyn Ffynnon–y –gwas. The shorter walk there can start at the Snowdon Rangerstation, keener walkers can walk from the hut, up from Llanberis to Bwlch Maesgwm, then round the back of Moel Cynghorion.

Kit list for swim / walkers 

In addition to normal walking kit & waterproofs, mermaids/ mermen will need footwear to swim in plus cossie/ budgie smugglers and any extra rubberwear you might require depending on the temperature & a towel or personal changing cubicle for drying. Don’t forget a warm jacket, woolly hat, gloves and a hot drink afterwards. Midge will have her thermometer so we know how warm the lakes are. Non swimmers are, of course, very welcome on the walk.