After my walk in the afternoon to Ceunant Mawr I decided to ascend Mount Snowdon in the evening the easy way, by taking the railway from Llanberis all the way up to the top. The railway has been in use for 120 years, is about 5 miles long and takes an hour in each direction. So it doesn’t move very fast. Actually the record for running from Llanberis to the top of Yr Wyddfa was set in 1985 by Robin Bryson, who, during the Snowdon Race, clocked the path to the top in 39 minutes and 47 seconds. And it is an ascent of 975 metres!
It had been a very hot day and even as evening approached it was around 32 degrees, so I was happy not to have to walk up. The heat made it a little hazy, but at least I had spectacular views from Yr Wyddfa that otherwise often is swept in clouds. I tried to capture some images all around the top of the mountain to illustrate the views.
Towards the east we had views of the landscape with other mountain peaks and beyond that flatter lowland spread out. Towards the west we were looking into the sun and towards the Irish Sea (between Ireland and Wales).
