Category Archives: Years
Grand Canyon – Flagstaff – Williams
A walk below The Rim
Williams to Grand Canyon
Victorville to Williams
Getting out of LA
We picked up our Escape campervan, headed back to the hotel to pick up our bags. Getting the paper work completed on the van tokk for ever, not sure why usually car rentals only take 10 mins and your away.
First of all we headed back to the hotel to pick up our bags, then it was onto the open road and LA traffic at a crawl. First job is to find a TomTom.
A quiet walk around the Lake
Following on from our climb up Mt Snowdon we decided to take a quiet walk around the lake. From the shore nearest our campsite we could see the opposite side and the steam railway running along the edge of the lake. We both thought it would be an easy walk to keep us from seizing up.
So we headed off along the shore, only to be diverted along the road past some private property. So much for walking along the shore line all the way. After about a km the pathway diverted onto a dissused railway line and le remainder of the walk to the head of the lake was very pleasant with views across and down the lake.
After crossing the stream at the head of the lake the path again followed the road, but instead of following the shore line the road started climbing up the hillside. It seemed to go up and up moving away from the lake. When we eventually got a glimpse throught he trees the lake was far below us. Eventually we picked up a foot path that started leading back down the hill towards the lake. But our luck was not to last and the path started climbing again.
We decided to stop for some lunch on the edge of a cliff over looking the lake. I had just taken a bite of my sandwich when a head appeared from out of the bush, a few seconds later a girl appeared puffing and panting, ‘Thank goodness I’ve come across some humans, I took a wrong turning and decided to scramble up to find the path’ she panted before disappearing off down the track. Looking over the edge we decided she was either mad or suicidal to have attempted the climb.
The path continued to meander around the lake, climbing and dropping as it went untill it finally droped back to the lake near the Miners Hospital. By this time we were both exhausted and just wanted to get back to our camp for a rest.
A Walk up Snowdon
The Road to Snowdon
Well not the complete route from Bournemouth as I forgot to turn on the Garmin.
After our trial walk we headed up towards Snowdon and stopped for the night a Worcester. After breakfast we continued on our drive north. We set Nuvi to navigate using the shortest route as this was the only way we could find to stop her going along motorways.
A Trial Walk
Before attempting Snowdon we decided to go for a trial walk.
We stopped at a small empty carpark a few miles from where we had been camping. The walk through a the woods also hid several tunnels, now home to bats, that have an interesting past.
The tunnels were formed by the extraction of the stone which was used in building both in Bath the surrounding area and London. During the war these workings were used as a large underground ammunition store.
We found several entrances during our walk but these were all barred and locked.
The walk was pleasant and an easy stroll and it seemed we were all alone. However on return to the carpark we found that it was full with people waiting to park.
I’m not sure if this 2.5Km walk will prepare us for Snowdon but at least it’s a start.