This was to be my hardest mountain walk for a couple of years and I was very fortunate to have a expert on the area walking with me! Especially considering the scramble ahead and the very poor visibility as we made our way through sodden gound, crossing the fast flowing Afon Lloer more than once as we initially headed almost due North.

Not long after passing a faster flowing section of Afon Lloer, we turned East towards Pen yr Ole Wen, still inside the cloud base whose rain had helped keep the water flowing so well!

We had been folowing white marker posts, but these ran out as my expert leader got me close to the small scrambly section that would get us close to the summit of Pen yr Ole Wen.

And out of the dense mist caused by the low cloud base came the first section of the scramble: quite easy even for me!

A look back down from near the top of the scramble.

Once over the scramble it was just a slow plod for me to follow my excellent guide and cover the remaining metres of ascent to the summit.

And then we were on the summit. Not huddling togther for warmth, (although it was a coolish day), but to get a self portrait photograph to mark the moment!

The path now ran along the top of a broad ridge, leading to my second Welsh 3,000 footer of the day, Carnedd Dafydd. "Over there somewhere" said my leader!

"There it is", she said as it loomed out of the mist and cloud. Navigation bang on, again!

And so on we went. My leader presumably auditioning for and easily getting the role for the inexhaustable bunny in the next very long lasting Duracell battery advert. And this was just an easy section!

The main focus of the day, the summit of the second highest mountain in Wales, Carnedd Llewelyn, was perhaps an anti-climax. A nice steep climb but just a rocky wind shelter almost hidden in the low cloud!

We were still above the Cloudbase as we continued along the ridge away and down from Carnedd Llewelyn.

The track down from the Bwlch Eryl Farchog Ridge was steep amd zig zaggy in places, as well as being narrow. But also still above the cloud base, which we only walked though descending towards the Ffynnon Llugwy Reservoir.

Looking back up from the side of the lake saw only the lower part of the steep descent from the Bwlch Eryl Frachog Ridge.

Leaving the reservoir we joined a long tarmac farm access road that eventually started a gentle, then not so gentle descent back down to the main road in the valley!

So now it was all tarmac back to the car parked alongside Llyn Ogwen. Still only not far below the cloud base as it had been for most of a day that had seen a really good walk. In what I am sure, (if I could have seen it), was lovely Snowdonian mountain scenery. Indeed to see some of the views have a look at my walk leaders photos taken on a similar route just a week later, (Pen Yr Ol Wen / Carneddau walk).