Radio Tales from West Wales and beyond...: GW/NW-008 Y Lliwedd

GW/NW-008 Y Lliwedd

08/June/2021

Tricky navigation in the mist

With yet another cuckoo calling I set off from the carpark at Nantgwynant SH627506 towards the summit. £6 to park for the day…toilet facilities available. I’d started from home at 5:30am and arrived just after 8:15am. The carpark was filling up quickly as I made my way up via the Watkin path.

My GPS route

Getting busy as I left...got to be there early

Pleasant walk towards the mines and Gladstone Rock

Evidence of the old mine workings ahead

Heading up Cwm Llan for the Gladstone Rock

Gladstone Rock with Yr Aran to the right

Heading into the clouds and .....

....leaving the mines below

It was a great walk but all the surrounding summits were shrouded with low cloud. There were many making the trek up the path but most socially distanced conversations ended with the fact that they were going up to Snowdon...nobody going my way.

Distance to the summit was just over 4 miles the worst section being the scramble from Bwlch Ciliau to the West Peak at 898m and I had to do it in the mist!

View at Bwlch Ciliau..turn East here for Y Lliwedd

Y Lliwedd in the cloud..long way to go

One of the easy bits

Seated on summit...no view..and then...

....a view with my ascent route below

The office

Looking towards East peak

Neil was first in the log with an s2s from Moel Gyw then I was delighted to hear Viki calling from Waun Fach quickly followed by Rod…how about that for timing…thanks everyone.

10:38	MW0WBG/P	144MHz	FM	Neil s2s Moel Gyw
10:45	MW6BWA/P	144MHz	FM	Viki s2s Waun Fach
10:46	MW0JLA/P	144MHz	FM	Rod s2s Waun Fach
10:47	GW4ZPL	144MHz	FM	John nr Caernarfon
10:48	MW0NLG	144MHz	FM	Malc mobile
10:49	M0VAZ	144MHz	FM	John on the Wirral
10:50	GW1KGW	144MHz	FM	Colin on Anglesey
10:51	GW0ODG/M	144MHz	FM	PJ
10:52	GW4XXF	144MHz	FM	Bruce nr Tywyn
10:52	MW0OFA	144MHz	FM	Frank nr Cardigan
10:52	G4MYU	144MHz	FM	Art nr Brierfield
10:54	GW8GLW/P	144MHz	FM	Irfon nr Lampeter
10:55	MW0XGS/P	144MHz	FM	Gary
10:55	G7WKX	144MHz	FM	Simon nr Liverpool
10:58	2E0AGB	144MHz	FM	Allen in West Yorkshire
10:58	GW0IAU	144MHz	FM	Jim nr Caernarvon
10:58	2W0BML	144MHz	FM	Ben nr Llanfair Caereinion
10:59	MW7ABS	144MHz	FM	Colin nr Fishguard
11:00	MW0WEE	144MHz	FM	Andy nr Llandysul
11:01	MW3YQL	144MHz	FM	John on Anglesey
11:02	G5XDX	144MHz	FM	Callum in Cornwall
11:04	MW7GWR	144MHz	FM	Dave
11:07	M1DYU	144MHz	FM	Cary nr Manchester
11:10	G4TJC	144MHz	FM	Simon nr Glossop
11:15	MW0JLA/P	433MHz	FM	Rod s2s diff band
11:16	MW6BWA/P	433MHz	FM	Viki s2s diff band

It was a great activation marred only by some de-sensing on the FT2 which didn’t help with a smooth activation and pile-up. I think I was so high that I was getting other unrelated stations mixing with my chasers…I think I should have used the FT270 or filter… anyway job done and I hope everyone that wanted Y Lliwedd made my log?