Pizza but no Susan

Once in a while the usual suspects like doing a walk followed by having pizza. This is generally either with the six of us or the four of us; the Llanberis delegation has variable availability. But currently, Susan is on a research cruise. She is literally on the other side of the world! So we did an unusual episode with just the three of us.

We had had over three weeks of drought, but that was predicted to end. First on the Sunday, so we decided to do the walk on the Saturday, but then the forecast changed and the thunderstorms were expected to hit us that day. But the forecast kept changing; in the end, all forecast rain vanished. But we were still a bit cautious and decided to not do anything too spectacular. I had suggested going up Cefn yr Orsedd. Depending on how we were feeling, we could just walk near or far, and turn around when we decided the pull of the pizzas was getting too strong!

Considering these pizzas; it is proper tourist season now, and we didn't fancy the crowds of our usual haunt Betws y Coed. We decided to choose to buy supermarket pizzas and heat them up in Martin’s oven.

I biked up to Martin’s place with a bottle of wine in my pannier bag. From there we walked down the road to meet Dean. And then we went into the woods of Braichmelyn, which is the jumping-off point for Cefn yr Orsedd. They both know these woods better than I do, living closer to them. And after a while we popped out of the woods into the open ground. You are still quite close to the village there, but I always feel quite far away from everything if I'm there!

We felt energetic enough to walk all the way to the point where the path descends into Nant Ffrancon. But by then some stomachs were starting to growl, so after admiring the view for a while we turned back. As expected, the going was good, because the landscape was so dry.

When we got back to Martin’s, he got some beer and snacks out of the fridge. And he had baked some Lebanese flatbread to go with that. It was amazing! It was one of those moments when you think that life is just how it should be. Lovely people, a lovely walk in a beautiful landscape, and amazing food and drinks. I just hope this doesn't sound like a diss to Susan because it isn't. It would've been even better with her! 

After a while we moved onto the pizzas. They were lovely too. But by the time we had almost eaten them, the midges came out, and we retreated indoors.

I got home too late and having drunk insufficient amounts of water. But it had been well worth it! And in not too much time we will have Susan back, so then we can be complete again!