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Richard Outram

Looking down onto Dyffryn Ogwen across Llyn Ogwen towards Tryfan, Y Glyderau & Cwm Idwal.

It was as bitterly cold to sit here and wait for the light as the conditions suggest. But to be here and look across this landscape was unforgettable.

#cymru#wales#eryri

@richardoutram beautiful. I was fortunate to attend the outward bound course run from Ogwen Cottage in 1978, that view takes in so much of where we walked, climbed, rambled and accomplished so much. Wonderful, thank you

@BennytheBall @richardoutram
I lived in Ogwen Cottage as a child. Those rocks around Llyn Ogwen were my playground!

@marijeangordon @BennytheBall

That's a wonderful story Mari. What an amazing experience. I'm a Bangor boy originally and spent my childhood running around this landscape.

You are so lucky to have had this right outside your front door!

@marijeangordon @richardoutram for 12 days in May that year, it was our adventure playground under the watchful eye of the centres instructors, KC Gordon(Legend), Mr Jones(a thick black moustache), Mr Greenhall(a bearded Viking) & Mr Saunders. I’ve still got my diary😁

@BennytheBall @richardoutram Well, well, I'll be sure and let KC Gordon know that he was considered a legend. He's my dad 😄

@marijeangordon @richardoutram he was our group leader, ‘Glyder’, for the stay. Great experience for a teenage lad from Brum. He won’t remember me, but he left a great impression on me about what you can achieve through teamwork.
We camped whilst climbing, your dad had a radio, we all crowded around to hear Liverpool beat Club Brugge from Wembley, he may recall that.

@BennytheBall @richardoutram That's amazing. I can't wait to tell him, he'll be chuffed to bits. He's still dedicated to the mountains, only bad knees and hips stop him these days. Thank you for telling me about your experience. And, I hope Liverpool do as well in Europe this season as they did back in the 70s and 80s 🤞

@marijeangordon @BennytheBall

This story just gets better!

Byd Bach! It's a small world!

@BennytheBall I don't think the view has changed much since then!

The visitor numbers might have though!

@richardoutram Man, I've always wanted to visit Wales. Like my whole life.

@vagrant I'd say it is one of the most beautiful countries in the world! But then, I am rather biased!

Hope you visit one day...

@richardoutram The alt text is working in Mastodon macOS but is slightly idiosyncratic. I shall play with it further over the next day or two and let you know. I'm a new Mastodon user so it might also be that I'm making mistakes or just don't know a good move.