02/04/2022
Greetings!
I thought I'd share another image from yesterday's walk in the Carneddau.
This is Cwm Dulyn, a remote, austere valley and, one of a handful of places in which I find the atmosphere dark, oppressive and almost malevolent. There's just something about it.
On my first visit, many years ago now, I was drawn to this stand of Scots Pine and made a similar image to this one.
Later that day I made my way to the bothy at the head of the cwm and spent a creepy half hour there eating my lunch.
Years later, in appalling weather which made camping impossible, I spent two nights in the bothy on my mountain leader assessment, roaming around this place in pitch darkness, gales and rain with my fellow candidates, demonstrating that we could navigate to the necessary standard to gain the qualification.
We all passed and on receiving the news of our success I drank the bothy dry of all the beer and whiskey left behind by previous occupants.
