Pen Cerrig

Pen Cerrig was to be the first mountain of the year in our monthly hikes in Wales this year.

One of my patients had said that earlier in the week there had still been snow on the top, so this gave us good reason to choose this particular lump :)

It was frosty and the wind was biting, but it was bright as we set off toward the table mountain. Past table mountain it started to get much colder and once over the steep step to the moraine area the cloud came in and we started to crunch on the ice and snow. We pushed on past the trig because now it was very cold. Just after the trig there is a hollowed out cairn in which we crouched and ate some peanut brittle.

As we set off some of the cloud began to lift and the sun warmed a little. as we came out of the cloud and lost height it became like a summer's day: blue skies, brilliant sunshine and the wind dropped. We passed several groups of walkers coming up as we descended, none of them believed us when we said that there was snow at the top! :)

In Crug Hywel we went for coffee and toast!