Before starting on our walk, we all pose for the obligatory group photo
- except me because I took the picture!




We take the upper Pyg Track, originally intending to return to Pen-y-Pas on the Miners' Track. We soon get this view northwards down the Llanberis Pass towards Anglesey in the distance.




Onwards we go, as the fearsome Crib Goch comes into our sights. We would pass below it, but the opportunity is there to climb it if you long for that extra special mountaineering challenge!




We stop for another piccy to say we were here.




Some boulders on the way require attention, ...




... but give us an excuse to stop and admire the view.




Some more photo shots are in order ...




... while the boulders, strewn across our path, still need some attention.




It's nice and rocky. Pen-y-Pas, our starting point, is in the distance.




We are ready to go, ...




... with a last look towards the way we came.
That bit of water on the left is probably Llyn Cwmflynnon.




Oh, but how about a picture of yours truely before we go?




Once again we stop to admire the view and for a quick swig of that life-giving beverage - your ever trusty friend: H₂O. There's some more water on the left and caressed by the mountains, in the form of Llyn Llydaw.




That's me again ...




... and this is who took my picture, so I took a picture of the picture-taker. That's Glaslyn in the left distance, truely caressed by the mountains.




Here's another view of Glaslyn, nestling in the protection of Snowdon, our next destination.




We pose for another piccy on the way up to Snowdon, with the part of the Pyg Track behind us that we have already traversed. The final steep push to Snowdon lies before us.




Behind us on the right, Llyn Llydaw is stetched out in all its mountain glory.

The steep part now behind us, we have now reached the gently rising railway path leading to Snowdon's summit. The "dolmen" provides a nice "sign post", pointing the way back to Pen-y-Pas. Llyn Llydaw is in the right-hand distance.




And here is a picture of yours truely at the same "sign post".




A new-age diesel rack-and-pinion train joins us on the last part of our walk to Snowdon summit.




This is the windy summit, looking towards the Lleyn Peninsula.




Another view, slightly further to the south, towards Cardigan Bay. The building on the right is the controversial summit restaurant. Within, it's an easy game to spot who came up on the train. Train passengers have a maximum of one hour - or even less at peak times - on the summit.

Steam originally powered the Snowdon Mountain Railway, but gave way to diesel propulsion, with its considerably lower operating and maintenance costs. Some pricey heritage specials are, however, still run, as we saw on the day of our visit.




The old carriages and steam locomotives are nicely painted as befits a pricey heritage trip!




The Swiss-built steam locomotives each have a slanting boiler to ensure a reasonably horizontal internal boiler water level as the locomotives scale the mountain slopes.




The Great Outdoors greets us with a vengeance as we head north down the mountain towards Llanberis situated on the shores of the lake of the same name, a lake we can just see in the distance. Anglesey lies in the far distance.




Open space, mountains and distant views to the north and the west accompany us ...




... as we go down the gentler path (compared with the Pyg Track) that characterises the northern approach to Snowdon.