Memories of Fedw - January 2006

Leaving on the Friday night, we Explorers embarked on an intrepid 2 hour adventure to reach the remote cottage of Fedw, set high in the mountains and containing exiting structural features, like a spiral staircase.

On the first day out we walked through howling winds, blistering heat, freezing cold, and howling winds over the black mountains, in temperatures as low as -30C through windchill. Our routes took us over 20km of mountains, along with spectacular views, snow, Tom, and howling winds.

After this we went back to the cottage to defrost, and engaging in entertaining pastimes, such as a game of trivial pursuit; won, of course, by the ludicrously talented team 2.

The following day we visited a Welsh climbing and abseiling centre, where we engaged in climbing and abseiling, as well as caving. After an arduous day of climbing, abseiling and caving, we embarked upon yet another epic journey, although this time with the minibus facing towards England. Upon reaching our destination (the scout hut) we helped put all of the equipment back, and went our separate ways, each holding in their head memories of the weekend they had experienced, and in their hands a piece of the minibus that they had stolen (or was that just me?).

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