29 December 1977

Nant Gwynant, XmasTrip

The rain was still falling as we woke up, the ground was completely soaked. Not a day for heading up, so we chose to miss out Moel Siabod, and headed off down the road towards Beddgelert.

Not nice in the rain and when a bis came past we took the opportunity to jump on.

We found the Youth Hostel up a track by the end f the lake...  By chance the youth hostel here was open - but not just yet ...  We left our bags and had a short wander around until it did in the afternoon ... a dry oasis, in the rain, and a change in fortunes.

It was here we found out that there was only one open at once this year, and so we were lucky today, but checking the timetable none of the others would fit with our plans..