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• Mar 7, 2023

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Strewth. brilliant.

 

• Mar 8, 2023

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Close encounter with the Coast Guard helicopter while kayaking on Llyn Padarn last summer. It supports Mountain Rescue in Snowdonia, I've seen a lot of it!



Same chopper on a job over Glaslyn, Snowdon, during a previous visit:

 

• Mar 8, 2023

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• Mar 8, 2023

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"Snowdonia" sounds like a great name for where I live.

 

• Mar 8, 2023

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Looking nice though.

 

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Crimea_River said:

"Snowdonia" sounds like a great name for where I live.

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Yep, definitely been snowed-on-'ere!

There's a move towards using its Welsh name, which is Eryri.

 

• Mar 8, 2023

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Crimea_River said:

"Snowdonia" sounds like a great name for where I live.

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An unfinished wedding cake.

 

• Mar 9, 2023

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Living the dream - wild camp on Whernside, North Yorkshire

 

• Mar 13, 2023

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A very pleasant night under the stars on Kinder Scout.

 

• Mar 13, 2023

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• Mar 13, 2023

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Good thing you don't have to worry about Grizzly Bears there.

 

• Mar 13, 2023

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Crimea_River said:

Good thing you don't have to worry about Grizzly Bears there.

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There are no grizzly bears. The wolves ate 'em all.

 

• Mar 13, 2023

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Crib Goch, Snowdonia

 

• Mar 13, 2023

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Some very nice looking shots here Tony

 

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fubar57 said:

Some very nice looking shots here Tony

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Kind of you to say, but it's a bit like building Spitfires... with source material like that, it's hard to go wrong!

 

• Mar 13, 2023

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Great shots Tony but that Crib Goch, Snowdonia, just getting there looks like ankle breaking ground.

 

• Mar 14, 2023

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Vic Balshaw said:

Great shots Tony but that Crib Goch, Snowdonia, just getting there looks like ankle breaking ground.

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There's the potential to break a lot more than that, and despite signage at the bottom of the ridge warning off the inexperienced and ill-equipped people come a cropper up there. It's very exposed.

Here's one from tamer terrain, the Staffordshire Moors:

 

• Mar 14, 2023

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• Mar 14, 2023

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Now that is stunning.