Ticked-off

"PaddyPaws" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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<snip> stuff about ticks

I came across this article from the BMJ this morning:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?V5641504B

or in full:

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/310/6975/303?maxtoshow=&HITS=10
&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=lymes&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=
1118666568433_5944&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0
&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=1

John

On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 22:14:38 GMT, Andy Howell
<andy.howellNOSPAM@ecotrendDOTorgDOTuk> wrote:

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It's possible to stay at a site near the shop, then? (Sorry to be so
clueless, but I've spent hardly any time in Snowdonia.)

Yep. Here is the URL:

http://www.visitcapel.fsnet.co.uk/btfcamp.htm

Thanks! :-)

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After Swallow Falls the first site you come to is a very big site on the
side of the river, but which is quite a way from the centre of Capel. You
keep going until almost at the junction that takes you off to Bedgelert and
Llanberis. On OS maps the camp site isn't marked but the bunk house is. In
fact there is a nice campsite and a number of bunkhouses. From here it will
take about 5 minutes to walk to Pinnacle Café and Joe Brown's

Ooh, that sounds like my sort of place ;-)

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There's no need to book - so long as you don't get there at 10 in the
evening! But the site is not that big and so is quite a deal quieter than
the bigger sites around there. These can get very noisy, especially around
bank holidays. The food at the pub next door is very good! Decent food
shops in Capel. And if the weather is really [censored] you can do some quite
nice lowish level walking from the campsite as well. You can even walk into
Betwys and back. And (if you're unlucky enough to have to rely on the
non-existant buses at Easter when they're still not on the summer timetable)
you can have the pleasure of walking 3 miles up the Ogwen Valley before you
start your walk and do the same thing at the end -- GRRR!

Seriously, it is worth giving them a go.

I'll definitely look out for that one next time I'm there - thanks v.
much for the tip 🙂

Best wishes,
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On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 22:20:36 GMT, Andy Howell

andy.howellNOSPAM@ecotrendDOTorgDOTuk said:

On 9/6/05 22:17, in article [email hidden],

Peewiglet said:

On Saturday we walked up the Rhyd-Ddu path to the top of Snowdon, and
down again along what may/may not have been the South Ridge. It was
the ridge leading south from Snowdon towards Yr Aran. It was really
quite surreal at the top of Snowdon. We were cold and wet (having left
it just a little bit too late towards the bottom before putting
waterproof jackets on, and it then being too windy to be inclined to
put on the trousers as well - a mistake, as it turned out), and there
was actually a QUEUE to get into the cafe for a hot drink! I've never
been in the Snowdon cafe before, but it struck me as an extremely cool
idea on Saturday, fuggy and crowded as it was! Afterwards we emerged
into a cloud - utterly surreal!

A good route up. I think that café takes some un-necessary stick. Yes it
is horrible, but for many youngsters it gives them their first experience on
a mountain! At least, you didn't go down Fran's Llanberis path!

No, but I've 'run' up and down that one for the last two years in the
Snowdon Mountain Race. I'm supposed to be entering for this year now,
but somehow I just keep forgetting to send the entry form off.... :-)

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Moel Siabad is quite a good walk to pair with a more energetic one, although
it does get very boggy around the edges of the hill. If you get hold of
Steve Ashton's "Ridge Walking in Snowdonia" there is a superb, but long,
walk for a summer's day which goes on from Siabad and connects a lot of the
other hills in that range together. As you stride away from Siabad, along
the ridge to the west, it's a great feeling!

I noticed that book in the shops - I'll take a closer look, thanks.

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Spending Sunday walking around Betwys walking shops is quite allowed, and
quite sensible! Did you catch the nice little café on with the nice teas and
breakfasts?

No, unfortunately. We actually got breakfast at the hotel attached to
the campsite, and then in Capel Curig we got something more, so by the
time we got to B-y-C we weren't hungry any more. Which cafe would you
recommend?

Best wishes,
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John Yale <[email hidden]> wrote in
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"PaddyPaws" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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<snip> stuff about ticks

I came across this article from the BMJ this morning:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?V5641504B

Interesting - and somewhat reassuring in terms of the risk of serious
consequences. I've yet to find a tick but this authoritive article will help
avert panic when that first discovery occurs! Thanks for posting it.

Stuart

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A good route up. I think that café takes some un-necessary stick. Yes it
is horrible, but for many youngsters it gives them their first experience on
a mountain! At least, you didn't go down Fran's Llanberis path!

Ehwot? Whose path? Mine? Why so? I've never used the Llanberis path.
PYG track yes, Miners' track yes; Llanberis path no.
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Fran said:

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

A good route up. I think that café takes some un-necessary stick. Yes it
is horrible, but for many youngsters it gives them their first experience on
a mountain! At least, you didn't go down Fran's Llanberis path!

Ehwot? Whose path? Mine? Why so? I've never used the Llanberis path.
PYG track yes, Miners' track yes; Llanberis path no.

No, it was Andy who said it, not me. I'm constantly confused by the
path names up there.

Best wishes,
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In article <[email hidden]>, Phil Cook
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It wasn't the reaching that was the problem, it was the seeing. Someone
had to do it, and there was only one person available at the time.

I don't know what you're mithering about. She's seen it all before.
:-)

And powdered it :-)
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Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 22:27:52 +0100, Fran <[email hidden]> wrote:

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Oops, sorry, I forgot to alter the attribution. My apologies PW.

No prob's!

Best wishes,
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On 14/6/05 22:28, in article [email hidden],

Fran said:

I had the impression that the caff in question was the thing on top of
Snowdon though, not Pete's Eatery.

So did I , hence comment !!!

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Birmingham, UK

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