A Winter Stay in Dulyn Bothy
This was my first trip to a bothy solo, and what a pleasant time it was. After having a rough few weeks battling the winter blues during January and February I decided to take a day off work, pack my hiking pack and go on an excursion to Dulyn Bothy in North Snowdonia. The drive from Manchester was smooth and easy going as it was early afternoon on a Sunday, once off the motorway and on to the Wales back roads the anxieties of life left my mind as more and more wilderness crept into my view. The drive was the first part of the adventure with the road up to the car park having sweeping 25 degrees inclines (or at least they felt that steep) and having to manoeuvre through 3 cow gates which doing solo meant stopping the car and getting out to do it myself, the first difficulty of a solo trip. The views were brilliant during these last 20 minutes of the drive as the Carneddau range began to loom over and dominate the skyline. Once at the car park which was at around 3 o’clock, there ...