So if you haven't already read part one of this blog go back on my blog tab and check it out. But for those of you who have, thank you and continue.

So with exploring most the area on foot around where we were staying in close proximity, we decided to go for a drive after searching some nearby hotspots. This led us to Ogwen valley. One of the great things about where we were was that there was so many places to pull over to enjoy the views. Pulling over into a layby car park we saw a super calm lake, so clear you could see the reeds in the lower depths. With the edits I played around with bring the colours out of the landscapes to give it more vibrancy. The water was so still that it acted like a mirror to the hills behind.

Walking further down we could see some rapids on the other side of the wall from the road we were walking on. The water rushing pretty fast, through massive rocks making strong currents. Now I’m smart, and when Steve said should we cross I kindly declined. However the rapids went under the road leading to a waterfall the other side. This I didn’t say no too. Hopping the wall and climbing down a rock face with a camera in one hand facing the wrong way, safely say it wasn’t my smartest idea, which I then found out by slipping and landing in a puddle soaking my backside. Great one Charlie!! Now this Waterfall was huge, we didn’t realise how long it went on for. And the answer to that is very long. Slowly making our way down, hoping through boggy marshland, passing a dead black sheep, and seeing a old bunker of some sort. Luckyily we found a easier way back up, on the other side.

Walking down the road a little further we stopped outside a nature centre for a little rest. Following a path we ended up in a canyon. Steve put on his climbing shoes and free climbed about 40 meters to the top. Now if any of you have me on Snapchat at the time you would have seen my lovely uneasy facial expressions as he was doing it. Especially when he decided to foot jam near the top so he can lean back and take a selfie with me below. I followed the path carrying all our bags and stuff meeting him up the top shortly after to find a big river. This one we followed and decided to hop over. Safely I didn’t slip over for once. Go Charlie!! We ended up spending the next hour or so walking around this big marshland hills as the weather begun to worsen.

Making our way back to the van we decided to go for a general drive around for the next few hours trying to find other amazing view like this. Sadly we went towards the more built up areas and found ourselves on private roads and dead ends, but you can’t win them all. Next Day was when we battled Snowdon to the top, read about it in Part 3.

-Charlie Bluck