We all arrived at different times, but in glorious sunshine, to The Heights in Llanberis where we were staying that night.

Dinner was a little late but delicious.

After breakfast and waving our luggage off as it was taken on to the next place, we set off from The Heights.It was another beautiful day, although the views were a little hazy.

We made our way up the road and along a track before taking the path up the side of Maesgwm valley.

Reaching the col between Foel Goch and Moel Cynghorion we sat for a while and enjoyed the sun.

Enjoying a cool breeze we walked up to the top of Moel Cynghorion with wonderful views of the surrounding mountains, and in particular of Mynydd Mawr and the Nantille Ridge.

We headed down to Llyn Ffynnon-y-gwas which made a perfect lunch spot.

After lunch we took a path off the Snowdon Ranger track which took us across grass, past Snowdon looking impressive in the sun and through some interesting old slate quarries.

The lower slopes were covered in bluebells.

Finally we arrived at the village of Rhyd Ddu where some of us went to a lovely tea room serving delicious welsh cream teas and others went to the pub down the road.

From there it was a short walk along the road to the Snowdon Ranger Youth Hostel where we were to stay for the next two nights.

That evening after a fabulous dinner we played pool, giant jenga and other games in the games room.

The next morning we set off with a forecast of rain for our day on Mynydd Mawr.

Nevertheless, it stayed dry and was quite warm as we made our way up through more bluebells and into the forest of Tros-y-gol.

We had lovely views of Llyn Cwellyn on our way.

We left the forest and headed up towards the summit of Mynydd Mawr above the cliffs of Craig Cwm Du.

The wind picked up and it was quite chilly at the top. Nevertheless we had views of the surrounding mountains to reward us and ensure a sense of achievement.

Following lunch we made our way along and down a ridge which was narrow in places.

There were lots of lambs about and at one point a lamb mistook one of our group for its mother, rushing towards us, bleating!

The rain finally caught up with us as we walked down the forestry track into Rhyd Ddu where this time we again split ourselves between the tea room and the cosy pub.

Once again we had a delicious dinner at the Youth Hostel (with fab staff) and the returned to the games room.

We loaded our bags into the minibus taxi before setting off on foot in mixed weather conditions.

We walked up the Snowdon Ranger path behind the hostel and arrived back at the col.

Here we had to bid sad farewells to one of the group who was booked on a much earlier train. (It was an easy path from here back to Llanberis).

From the col the rest of us took the steep path up Foel Goch and then walked along the ridge to Foel Gron with cloud rolling in and intermittent views.

We arrived at our goal, Moel Eilio, in complete cloud and consoled ourselves with lunch and lots of chocolate!

Soon after setting off again we dropped below the cloud, and could see across to the Menai Strait and Isle of Anglesey in one direction and the Glyders in the other.

Arriving back in Llanberis we collected our luggage from The Heights Hotel hostel, then all went for celebratory cakes and cream teas in the nearby tea rooms.

We all agreed that it had been a great holiday and fabulous introduction to the Snowdonia mountains!