I nabbed by the skin of my teeth the last parking space at Pen-y-pass, wolfed down the last of my cold porridge as the car rocked back and forth from the gusts of wind and set out up the PYG track.
I was good to leave the trail of people behind as I passed over the stile with the sign "danger Crib goch". This would be the most dangerous Mountain route the dog will have done to date although she has been up grade 1 Scottish gully's but then most dogs should be able to manage that. I was feeling a little apprehensive that she might throw her self over a drop in a miss timed jump.
Me thinking its a little wild gaining the crest of Crib goch As we got on the ridge proper the wind was blowing quite hard in places, we were firmly in the cloud too with the odd bit of rain passing through. The weather gave me an opportunity to give my new Gore-Tex Active Shell jacket a proper test. I was impressed , its the only waterproof that I can run up hill in and not get too hot and sweaty. With the weather being what it was the jacket stayed firmly zipped up for the rest of the round.
Sophie using 4 wheel drive to negotiate the ridge 
Peering into the murk down Lliwedd The dog had 1 little mishap skidding down a slab for 4 or 5 meters, she landed at the bottom coming to no harm but wasn't impressed by me laughing.
Descending down to Lyn Llydaw
Back at the car I thought we'd had a good morning but I wasn't cherishing the coffee fueled drive back to Yorkshire.
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