OT - but *why*????

To carry the beer he'll need to refresh himself at the top?

Not too original, either. Tony Hawkes took one all around Ireland, and wrote a book about it.

Although to pinch a topic from another thread, at least it's physically tricky, not a sponsored
holiday cycling somewhere nice!

Regards,

Pete.

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I mean, okay, it's for charity. But *why*?????

A fridge??? *why*????

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A fridge??? *why*????

It's probably all Tony Hawks' fault.

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To carry the beer he'll need to refresh himself at the top?

That's what I reckon too. Presumably he has a support team with a mobile generator who are out of
frame. :-)

Pete

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I mean, okay, it's for charity. But *why*?????

A fridge??? *why*????

Follows on from that pointless trip around Ireland with a fridge a bout 5(?) years ago.

(wafflycathcsdirtycatlitter) said:

A fridge??? *why*????

Because it's a kitchen appliance so everyone assumes it's heavy, but actually it's mostly empty
space so weighs very little. When I was a removal man I used to carry fridges and small chest
freezers single-handed. Well, I used both hands, obviously, but you know what I mean.

I once transported a washing machine single-handed (up two flights of stairs) and wished afterwards
that I hadn't.

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I mean, okay, it's for charity. But *why*?????

A fridge??? *why*????

The same reason probably as why someone did the London Marathon in a diving suit this year; because
they can. There are plenty that think going to the top of a mountain is a pretty pointless task and
even more so walking or cycling when there is a perfectly good train service to the top of Snowdon.

Tony ;-)

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There are plenty that think going to the top of a mountain is a pretty pointless task and even more
so walking or cycling when there is a perfectly good train service to the top of Snowdon.

But it's not "perfectly good" - I can get to the top & back quicker than the train!

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Tony Raven said:

There are plenty that think going to the top of a mountain is a pretty pointless task and even
more so walking or cycling when there is a perfectly good train service to the top of Snowdon.

But it's not "perfectly good" - I can get to the top & back quicker than the train!

You can beat 2.5hrs roundtrip to the Summit from Llanberis? I'm impressed Guy! Or are you cheating
and choosing times when the train doesn't run?

Tony

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You can beat 2.5hrs roundtrip to the Summit from Llanberis? I'm impressed Guy! Or are you cheating
and choosing times when the train doesn't run?

Cycles are not allowed on Snowdon all through the summer, i.e. when the train is running.

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To carry the beer he'll need to refresh himself at the top?

That's what I reckon too. Presumably he has a support team with a mobile generator who are out of
frame. :-)

<dig dest="out of hole"> No, it's not plugged in so he saves the beer until he plugs it in at the
top of Snowdon! </dig

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I mean, okay, it's for charity. But *why*?????

A fridge??? *why*????

cheers, helen s

Only in England could you call that a "full-sized fridge"...🙂

Pete

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Cycles are not allowed on Snowdon all through the summer, i.e. when the train is running.

They are and although some want to present it as a ban it is in fact a voluntary agreement not to
cycle on the Snowdon bridleways between 10am and 5pm from June 1 to September 30. You'd have to be
mad to want to cycle them then anyway as the paths are often crowded with pedestrians.

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You can beat 2.5hrs roundtrip to the Summit from Llanberis? I'm impressed Guy! Or are you
cheating and choosing times when the train doesn't run?

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Cycles are not allowed on Snowdon all through the summer, i.e. when the train is running.

Who said anything about cycles? I was walking. Remember the 30 minutes the train spends at the top,
though ;-)

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Who said anything about cycles? I was walking. Remember the 30 minutes the train spends at the
top, though ;-)

The train roundtrip time of 2.5hrs includes the wait for the train at the top.
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The Llanberis-Snowdon race record is 62min 29 seconds (10mph average!). Walking is generally
reckoned to be about 4 - 5 hrs including time to stop at the top. So what is your time?

Tony

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Jim Price said:

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You can beat 2.5hrs roundtrip to the Summit from Llanberis? I'm impressed Guy! Or are you
cheating and choosing times when the train doesn't run?

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Cycles are not allowed on Snowdon all through the summer, i.e. when the train is running.

Who said anything about cycles?

Sorry, just me thinking it might be on topic🙂

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I was walking. Remember the 30 minutes the train spends at the top, though ;-)

I think its somewhere in the region of four miles, so it should be fairly straightforward. I just
chose to cycle around it on the roads last summer.

Jim Price

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The Llanberis-Snowdon race record is 62min 29 seconds (10mph average!). Walking is generally
reckoned to be about 4 - 5 hrs including time to stop at the top. So what is your time?

Best time, about 2 1/2 hours. I started wearing in trainers and changed to boots halfway up. I set
off from Llanberis a couple of minutes after the train with my wife and kids in it, saw them just
after they'd set off downwards from the summit, and reached the bottom about the same time they did.

I think that was the day that finally did for my old Hawkins Cairngorm boots :-)

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Best time, about 2 1/2 hours. I started wearing in trainers and changed to boots halfway up. I
set off from Llanberis a couple of minutes after the train with my wife and kids in it, saw them
just after they'd set off downwards from the summit, and reached the bottom about the same time
they did.

Impressive but I'll tut at you for saying you can got there and back quicker though ;-)

Tony

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Impressive but I'll tut at you for saying you can got there and back quicker though ;-)

If I hadn't been taking it at a leisurely stroll I'd have had to wait ages for them to get
back down ;-)

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