Well we said when this website www.walkonwales.com was first setup that this WOW – Walk on Wales would be tough with a capital T for TOUGH. Well we were right our Section 2 Walk we had not one but two white outs on both Glyders – Glyder Fach and Glyder Fawr, with gale force winds […]
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WOW2015 – Section 2 – TOUGH
TOUGH doesn’t really say what we encountered. Section 1 (5-6am) we aborted due to the high winds – yes Section 2 we found ourselves in the same conditions correction worse conditions with high gale force winds. Section 2 was “only” 5 mountains starting with Tryfan and then on to the Glyders – Glyder Fach & Glyder […]
WOW2015 – Section 1 Aborted
Section 1 Sadly our Tough Challenge walking all Mountains in Wales over 3000 feet was aborted before we set foot on mountain No: 1 Foel Fras. We got to the car park at about 5am, needed to get some over trousers on but had no zip to get on with our walking boots on […]
Snow on Snowdon
We keep checking the weather forecast for North Wales – or Llanberis in particular – although checking Llanberis will give us an idea of what the weather is likely to be. Completely wrong for Snowdon does have its own system(s) Snow on Snowdon 24 Mar 2015 – From the Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team Website. Met […]
Support Vehicle – Not a KIA
KIA Motors UK Today (17 March 2015) KIA UK Customer Services advise by email: “Thank you for your email about the possibility of Kia supporting your upcoming event. We already support a number of events and groups, all of which we are currently fully dedicated to. However, we wish you all the best in your […]
WOW – No Mugs
WOW – Mugs available 1 Charity Donation £5 2 Charity Donation £10 have twelve – cost to Paul £ 3.59 Not sure how I will get them to you unless I hand deliver. These mugs are unique and cannot be found any where else. Specially Commissioned by Paul Griffiths for his Tough Walk […]
Monster A3 Poster Available
Available on our WOW Downloads page
WOW – OS Maps Received
OS maps Ordered and delivered for the Walk on Wales – WOW Ordered directly from the UK’s Mapping Agency – The Ordnance Survey Received the following Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) Maps: Custom Made English Flat Landranger (1: 50 000) Custom Made Welsh Flat Landranger (1: 50 000) OS Custom Made English Folded Explorer – OL17 […]
“The Mountain” an ITV Series
ITV have produced a 6 part series on The Mountain. Which coincides neatly with my WOW – Walk on Wales. “A six-part series following the lives of the people who live and work in the shadow of Snowdon, one of the busiest mountains in the world.” If not The Busiest Mountain in the World!! You […]
Donate by Text to 70070
Be Smart and use your Smart Phone Friends, family, supporters You can donate by text message straight to Paul’s fundraising pages by texting the unique code and an amount of £1, £2, £3, £4, £5 or £10 to 70070. Chance to Shine (Cricket Foundation): Example Text PGCS62 £1 to 70070 this will donate One Pound Llanberis Mountain Rescue: […]