{"id":2723,"date":"2019-11-07T18:45:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T18:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gentianclub.org.uk\/blogs\/?p=2723"},"modified":"2024-11-28T17:01:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T17:01:05","slug":"trip-report-snowdonia-nov-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gentianclub.org.uk\/blogs\/2019\/11\/07\/trip-report-snowdonia-nov-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowdonia \u2013 Nov 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hill walking, navigation practice and dining<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The weather forecast having proved unduly pessimistic, only one member was lost to the World Cup rugby final on the big screen in Betws y Coed and two groups set out direct from the comfortable Hendre Isaf bunkhouse, one clockwise and one anticlockwise. Meanwhile a third group set off from Capel to numerous mystery destinations as part of an ‘Improve your Navigation’ event, finishing on the summit of Crimpau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gentians in Snowdonia Nov 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Suitably spruced up,\nmembers then waited for the coach to the Annual Dinner, some opting\nfor the simple choice of a glass of prosecco while others deliberated\ncarefully the correct flavour of tonic to go with the gin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The excellent three\ncourse meal at the Royal Oak Hotel in Betsw was followed by an\nengaging speaker from the Snowdonia Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Sunday, one group set off in what proved to be a successful hunt for views from the summit of Moel Siabod while another braved the deep, dark (and very boggy) forest before emerging onto the hillside and onto the summit of Y Ro Wen above Penmachno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to see what other trips are coming up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n