Birthday walk and pizza

Susan had suggested a walk and pizza to celebrate her birthday! And that sounded lovely. It started to sound slightly less lovely when we became aware of the weather forecast: lots of rain. And also quite serious wind. But we wouldn't let that stop us!

We gathered in the early afternoon in Capel Curig. The parking lot was quite icy! But that didn't stop us either. We set off in the direction of Llyn Crafnant. It was almost dry, and there wasn't an awful lot of ice on the path. It was quite nice! Maybe the worst was that we had all erred on the safe side with our outfits, so a certain sweatiness ensued. 

When we got to the top of the path, we had a little debate on how far we should go. Daylight was limited! There was a suggestion to walk to the lake, and then walk back another way further to the east. But when we got to the road that follows the lake on its eastern side, we realised that that might not be overly feasible. We took some group selfies while we had a view of the lake in the near distance, and then went back! And I think the timing was fine. It was very close to dark when we got back to the cars. We had managed to work up a decent appetite!

Group selfie from the right: Dean, me, Susan, Siobhan, Tom and Martin

And another one from the left! 

We then went to Betws y Coed for the pizza. And this time, we could sit indoors! Unlike ever before. Even though we had lots of warm clothes with us, I quite enjoyed that. And when we walked in, we were even greeted by two of our own students. Or rather, one was an ex-student; she is now the President of the University’s student union. It was lovely to see them!

We had lovely pizzas (I always eat the same one when I'm there). I hope Susan thought it was a worthy birthday celebration! Her real birthday would be the next day, but it is nice to celebrate on a weekend day with friends.