At the start of the walk we decided to make the shortish detour along the 'farm trail' around Hafon Llan, the farm bought by the National Trust a few years ago to save part of Snowdon when it was put up for sale by its previous owners

The weather on Snowdon didn't look that promising!

At first I thought these were just sheep in the field, a second look proved that they were actually rams, I'm glad there was a fence between us and them, they looked pretty mean

After a pleasant walk along the river, the farm trial took us along some old walled lanes

It was full waterproofs from the start today

By the time we'd rejoined the Watkin Path, behind the farm, the weather was looking even worse, we almost chickened out and headed back down to the car, but we stuck at it

Looking back down onto the meadows we'd walked through earlier

A view across to the Moelwyns and a cloud topped Cnitch

We did get quite a few sunny spells between the showers, and were treated to some stunning rainbows

Hey I'm cuter than that rainbow!

But the showers were coming thick and fast, and the strong winds made it feel pretty miserable

Waterfalls in Afon Cwm Llan

Tim didn't mind been wet be it from the river or the rain!

Heading along the old tramway, Snowdon is somewhere up there in the clouds

Tim was his usual 'mad dog' self!

The old 'barracks' at the slate quarry, this is where the workers used to live

We decided to use this to provide a little bit of shelter for out lunch stop

The weather wasn't showing any signs of improvement so we decided not to go any higher, and head back down

Sheena and Tim at Gladstone's Rock, with Yr Aran behind

The inscription on Gladstone's Rock

Some more of the old mine buildings in Cwm Llan

These 'pock' marks on the side of the building are said to be bullet holes left by the army during WW2?

A view back into Cwm Llan as we headed back down the Watkin Path

At last the weather was starting look like it may just dry up

We could see the distant peak of Moel Siabod, which had been hidden by the cloud all day

Spoke too soon! The torrential downpour that caught us just as we got back to the car

One last rainbow shot before I jumped into the car to get out of the rain

Tim getting a warm in front of the fire back at the cottage

After a nice log soak in a hot bath I made us a delicious supper of steak in peppercorn sauce with chips and salad

Followed by my favourite ... sherry trifle, yummy!

The route map of our walk. Click here to download the GPX file for this walk

The route height profile of our walk