Mount Snowdon shows its BRUTAL side!
Desparate to re-connect with nature after a long Summer of working the festival scene, we decided to gather a group of friends, travel to North Wales and climb Mount Snowdon.
A wonderful pub in Anglesey offered us a great welcome and overnight parking in their carpark before we set off for a day exploring the lake side of LLanberis.
Edging further into the Snowdonia National Park, we managed to find a quiet view point for an overnight stay before the highlight of our weekend - Clibing Mount Snowdon via the Watkin Path.
What happened next was simply both beautiful AND brutal in the same day!
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Get the train guys 😂
@OurVanTales
9 ай бұрын
Don’t think I didn’t think about it…It was blinkin’ fully booked! 🤭
Well done Andy & Lyndsey brilliant video as usual. Beautiful scenery. Pleased you all got back safely.
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Thanks so much Paul 😉🙌
Reminds me of when we went up on one of my 1st ever videos. It got dark when we were still at the top so had to do the entire trip down in the dark with no torch. Never again! Glad they got back safe!
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Ahh mate, that darkness is a beast! Hope you’re good & best of luck with your epic journey ahead 🫶
Really enjoyed that thanks 😊👏
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Cheers Graham mate 🙌
Cracking vid mate ⛰️👊🏼
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Cheers for staring! 🗻✨
Great achievement, Snowdon is still on my to do list! Check out Red Screes in the Lake District it starts and ends in a pub car park! 😉
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Sounds good Jack…Good luck for Monday mate 🫶👊🏼
It’s stunning we did it with our 8 year old daughter she wanted to raise money for st Michele’s hospice as her grandad passed away there, she did so well raising so much money up and down within 5 hours ! There were definitely a few points that we had to stop and fill her with more sugar but when she got to the top people couldn’t believe how young she was to of done it ! She has said never again 😂 bless her . Hubby has done the National and welsh 3 peaks so we knew what we were doing. It’s just a stunning mountain! Well done guys you do get hooked once you have done one !!
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Cheers Michelle, and well done to your daughter! Yeah, I think it’s fair to say we’re hooked for more 🫶
@TheCraftyBlindersvanlife
8 ай бұрын
I've finally got to watch it. You made the right call bud too many people would push on and get themselves into a bigger and more dangerous situation, trying to descend in the dark great video again 😁👍
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
@TheCraftyBlindersvanlife Cheers Sam mate! 🫶👊🏼
Get yourself to the Camino Santiago for a few weeks it’s amazing and the first leg is an absolute gruller but so worth it. Great channel guys
great vid guys. i am going to attempt mount snowdon on wednesday. last time i did it i was 14. i am 51 now! wish me luck!
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Love this…Plz let us know how you get on! 🫶🙌
@dancarden72
8 ай бұрын
@@OurVanTales you might see it on the news haha
Wales is the best love it been around Wales this year plenty still there to see
@OurVanTales
9 ай бұрын
We’ll definitely be back! 🏴🫶
Well done all of you... It's no walk in the park! Glad you all got back down safely & being sensible for knowing your limits. Stunning part of beautiful Wales. 🍻
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Thank you Russell 🫶🙌
Awesome achievement guys.
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Cheers Danny mate 👊🏼
It’s always a rewarding experience watching your videos, Andy and Lyndsey 😊 Life can get a bit heavy at times, and so it’s really great after a long week at work to sit back and follow you on your adventures; I regularly look forward to your next upload 😎
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Cheers so much Westley mate, have a great weekend fella 👊🏼
Stunning views guys. Thanks for sharing the love & beauty ❤❤❤
@OurVanTales
9 ай бұрын
Thank you!…BIG love 🫶🙌
Glad you were both safe
@OurVanTales
9 ай бұрын
Thanks Darren mate 👊🏼
Great video in a stunning part of Wales. Have you travelled the West Wales coast, Fishguard up to Newquay is awesome. 👍👍
@OurVanTales
9 ай бұрын
Cheers Jeremy, we LOVED it! We’ve not seen anywhere near enough of Wales yet 🫶
Go up the llanberis path at night time,get to the summit for sunrise its magical..in summer though
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Cheers Steve, yeah, that sounds like a great Spring/Summer plan! 🫶🙌
@stevemin559
8 ай бұрын
@@OurVanTales take headlamps,food and water,I take my jet boil stove up and make tea at the top,it's very much worth the effort to be rewarded with a sunrise
You all did so well 😊 stunning scenery 👍🏻🐾🚐
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Thank you Sharon! 🫶
I did with my son last year his firefighter he goes there a lot does all the mountains, it was on my bucket list and it nearly killed me I lost a couple of toe nails it took my son 5hrs to get me up there but coming down did it 2hrs so proud of myself and proud of my son for putting up with me, so pleased Lindsey made it its amazing achievement ❤❤
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
That mountain likes to bite back for sure! 🫶
what a great video, couldnt quite work out what happened to the guys on the way back... hope it was nothing serious? This is the first of your videos I've caught, so will off to watch some more!
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Cheers Sandy, they were a little late to return back down the same path as too dangerous in the fading light so they chose another route but the base they arrived at was then miles away from where we we’re waiting. They were fine but had to get a taxi back. Great to have you onboard- BIG love 🫶
Well done all of you and thanks for the tip on the pub park up ❤
@OurVanTales
9 ай бұрын
Thank you & yeah, that pub was great! 🫶
Another great one guys.
@OurVanTales
9 ай бұрын
Thanks Lovely 🫶
❤️🙏💛🙏💚... Mountain goats yeez all are.!!!!!! ⛰️🐐
@OurVanTales
9 ай бұрын
We are now Rob mate…😉
Well done for the climb up Snowdon 👏👏👏👏👏 and the Panton Armes is not far from a fantastic ⛱️ Red warth bay when tide is out you can walk for miles as we have before 😀
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Top tip for next time, cheers Andrew mate 🙌
We’ve never done this path, we really want to bath in the pools. What a stunning day you picked. Wow your pics of Llanberis lake are stunning. It’s so beautiful up there. Poor Bleu it’s a dangerous mountain is Snowdon. Glad they all got down ok. A pub with a fire and a drink we’re well needed. Well done you guys. Cheers 🍻
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Didn’t we get lucky! Absolutely fabulous place 🫶🙌
Well done great achievement 👏
@OurVanTales
9 ай бұрын
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Thank you for doing this root one on my list 😊
@OurVanTales
9 ай бұрын
It was stunning, have fun! 😉
Just switched onto this absolutely stunning scenery xxxx
@OurVanTales
9 ай бұрын
Thank you & welcome 🫶
@user-yd9wc7lz2b
9 ай бұрын
Well done for doing snowdon xxx ❤❤❤❤
Congratulations. Lovely video. As a recommendation try Goatfell on the Isle of Arran. Get the early ferry from Ardrossan then a ten minute bus to the start of the climb. At this time of year you’ll get the mountain to yourself. ❤
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Top tip, thank you! 🙌
Got within touching distance there Andy...you know you'll have to do it again now!Definitely the better side to climb I feel,so much quieter,til you get to the top that is!
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Yeah, I’m not too disappointed as I had such a great experience overall. Definitely gonna go back 🙌
@petehall9827
8 ай бұрын
@@OurVanTales Sounds like an ideal mini MVT meet 🤔
Cracking vid guys,shows you how prepared you need to be in the mountains! I’ve done snowdon 3/4 times now on my bike and never had it clear at the top. cadair idris is another good one to do and Pen y fan in south wales is worth a wander!
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Cheers Andy mate, top tip fella! 👊🏼
We climbed Snowdon in May via the Llanberis Path. Not gonna lie it killed me as its the longest route but supposedly the easiest route.. Well done to you guys, shame about little Blue but hats off Andy for making the decision for the little chap 🐾 Hi to Lyndsey, well done gal 🙌
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much…BIG love 🫶🙌
I’ve climbed snowdon twice. First time was the Llanberis path, its the longest but easiest in terms of gradient, your up on the mountain for a good 7 hours so need food. Second time we did the Ranger Path with our dog, Ruby the Vizsla, its suppose to be the best for dog but they need to be on a lead because of sheep. I highly recommend the Ranger path, we were up and down in 4 - 4 1/2 hours. The pyg track is also popular I believe. I think the Watkin Path is the second hardest I’ve go no plans to do it 😂 I’ll also never entertain doing Crib Goch 🙈
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the valuable tips! Funnily enough, we’ve watched some recent YT vlogs about Crib Goch. Agreed…It’s not for us either 😉🗻🫶
Snowdon was my first one I did now I'm doing all the fells in the lake district 😍 very addictive well done 👏
@OurVanTales
9 ай бұрын
Cheers Gary mate, yeah, I think we’ve got the bug for it now 🫶👊🏼
@GaryMorris222
9 ай бұрын
@OurVanTales more hiking videos please 🙏 the view's in the lake district fells are amazing I'm on KZread Spongemonkey on tour ben nevis next may can not wait then iv done the 3 highest mountain and iv got 200 more wainwrights fells to do Happy hiking and thanks again for the video 😀
Where are we going next 😁 Great video, Andy. Love you guys 🌈
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Cheers Jess…Got the right bug for this climbing hills & mountains lark ain’t we?! 🫶
@chasinghorizonsvan
8 ай бұрын
Kilimanjaro is on my bucket list #justsayin’ #whosin? 😅
Hi guys love you're videos, me, the wife and Nellie, our cockapoo have just started our adventures in a converted transit custom, was wondering where you got your insulated window covers from.
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching Kevin mate! Our window covers were made for us by @Trekkvans who did our conversion. I think they do actually make them for separate sale now. Enjoy every moment of your journey guys & again, thanks for sharing in ours 🫶
@kevindoughty6212
8 ай бұрын
@@OurVanTales Cheers guys for the reply, keep up the good work on the videos, really inspirational.
Great video again mate! Glad you're all ok! Have you got any plans to go abroad in the van over the winter months to find warmer climes? Cheers
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
Thanks Peter, yeah, we have actually. Leaving for warmer weather this month…Spain & Morocco in our sights!
@petersteel4525
8 ай бұрын
@@OurVanTales sounds great! Will be looking forward to the video!
No mountain is easy . Everyone thinks their going a little stroll 😳never underestimate the munros in Scotland . Glad everyone is ok 😀👍🏻
@OurVanTales
9 ай бұрын
Cheers Gary, yeah, we now have great respect and the bug for more! 🫶👊🏼
@garyhenshaw9482
9 ай бұрын
@@OurVanTales I done 60 munros with my dog Hero the Australian shepherd . Till my knee couldn’t continue yes I caught the bug too . Little blue done well 👍🏻
Ben nevis next 😂
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
We do fancy a bit of Ben Nevis now we’ve got the taste for more mountainous adventures 😉🙌
Another great video I know it’s not in this video but a while back you had a leak and used something to seal it what was it called please
@OurVanTales
9 ай бұрын
Cheers Steve mate! It was Captain Tullys Creaking Crack Cure… Great stuff 🫶👊🏼
What mic do you use?
@OurVanTales
13 күн бұрын
We use DJI Mic 2’s Russ 🙌
random question, but ... what boots do you use ?
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
We both wear ‘Meindl’ walking boots. I’m pretty sure Lyndsey’s are Bhutan & mine are Vakuum 🙌
Bro why didn't you pick blue up and carry him up the last 200 meters???
@OurVanTales
9 ай бұрын
I tried…Even emptied my rucksack & tried him in that but it was too dangerous at that very last point. I loved every minute of it tho so I’m not too disappointed 😉🙌
@vincenthooper7588
8 ай бұрын
@@OurVanTales I thought you were ard🤣😂🤣
@OurVanTales
8 ай бұрын
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