That was absolutely bloody excellent. I managed to find someone else as slack as me and we finally left Manchester with an odd assortment of lights just after 2pm. Was already getting dark as we headed up out of llanberis.
We did the classic route in reverse which worked brilliant. Up telegraph valley was a good warm up and quite involving in the dark in places. Up the ranger path was mostly a carry
The wind high up was horrendous. I had to put my snood on as my eardrums were really hurting. Thought they were going to pop. Blowing an absolute hoolie at the summit. Coming down the tourist path was mental. The gusts would blow you all over the place. Had my dropper down even on the flat bits. Ended up walking quite a few bits. Then we got back below the clouds and let rip a bit. loved it.
Always quite taxing but always on the correct side of epic which is where I like it these days. The rain stayed off but we still got quite damp in the clouds.
So much infinitely more fun the tedious bog snorkelling round Northumberland or the Clwyds that I did recently.
Right helvellyn,skiddaw, high street next.