Just nailed Snowdon

I did it the first time up the Llanberis path. It was in October and the last day the trains ran up. I did come down via the Rangers Path one year but it was a bit of a drag back to Rhyd Ddu to the car. I like to take routes where there is a bit of grade 1 scrambling like you get on the Miners Path. I'd like to do Crib Goch but at 70 I fear I may be too old for it.

 

Trains only going to three-quarter point at moment. Saw them chugging up & down.

 

Lisa?

 

Just Google Lisa snowdon

 

thanks RP.
Not sure of the difference between 'Climbing/Walking/Scrambling etc' - at school we used to have an annual Residential in Snowdonia and I recall being told many times that you only ever 'walk' up Snowdon. Maybe you 'climb' Crib Coch as it's a separate peak to Snowdon ??? but the actual final ascent!! of Snowdon is a walk.

In Welsh the Snowdon area is known as Eryri - Eryr the Welsh for eagle.

Wyddfa means 'grave' as the giant Rhita Fawr is buried at the top of Snowdon following a battle with King Arthur.
Wyddfa is pronounced 'with' followed by 'v' and 'a' (as in A-pple.)

Rhyd Ddu means Black Ford - difficult to say how to pronounce it - the nearest I can get is 'Reed thee'

Following the Act of Union of England and Wales in the 1540's Cymru came under the control of the English Kings and they set out to Anglicize Cymru - English became the official language place names were Anglicized (Similar thing happened in Ireland Scotland.) - speaking Welsh was forbidden in schools.
Following the establishment of the devolved Welsh Government the Welsh language was given official status. All official documents etc now have to be bi-lingual. There are moves for place names to revert to their original names. e.g. Swansea will become Abertawe - its original name.
This is why there are moves to use the original Welsh name - Wyddfa - for Snowdon.

COYR.

 

That's brilliant! Very comprehensive. Thanks mate.
Next time i'm in Pete's cafe, I can now do better than the Rid Doo path up Snowdon, or even Ear Widfer. It'll be the Reed Thee path up Yr With-va

 

Chuffin hell, I struggle with Ceredigion when I'm getting work locations off our Welsh clients.

 

£32 !! return Llanberis to Clogwyn. Engine is not actually attached to carriage - just 'bumps' carriage up and on the way down engine controls carriage descent.

Not many people know that.