My Trip to Wales (March 18 to 20)

I went on a crazy trip to Wales this past week-end. Because it's about 7 or so hours by car, we incorporated mini-visits on Friday on the way there, first to Windsor and then to Chester. We arrived Friday evening in Wales.

Saturday morning, after having a good breakfast, we had our briefing and got our hiking equipment: we were given "4-season" hiking boots and waterproof pants and tops in case it hailed or rained. We carried them in our backpacks with lots of water, snacks, and more layers of sweaters, hats / toques, mitts and gloves, more socks, band-aids, lunch, etc. Last year, it was -25C so we were ready!

We were prepared for rain, hail, snow, windchills and every imaginable winter condition. So what did the weather do? You'll have to scroll down to see. Needless to say, it still managed to shock us.

Sunday was a mini-hike (only half an hour, but it felt like it was up an 80 degree incline), to the site for mountain climbing and repelling. That was good fun. I managed not to panic.

We left Sunday afternoon for our long drive home. We didn't stop for as long on the way back, because we just wanted to get home.

It was a great week-end. Wales is a beautiful region, as you can see from the pictures. It was absolutely gorgeous. I could live there.