SOLO Hiking the Drum to Foel Fras Circular
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- Опубликовано: 11 май 2024
- Last week I headed off to North Wales for a lil impromptu Car Camp and hiking weekend.
I headed deep into the Carneddau wild to conquer the summit of Drum and Foel Fras.
I prepped with my own plotted route and headed out early that morning after a successful car camp at a secret location.
My mind was distracted by the beautiful wild ponies and soon I had diverted off my route and accidently followed a pony track...
Never mind, it was well worth it as hiking up Drum on diversion I came across a mysterious wreckage on the mountainside... what could it be?
Hope you enjoy this epic and challenging hike,
L xx
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Congratulations on a great hike and video. The views were wonderful. Thank you.
Thank you very much!
Happy Mother’s Day if you’re a Mother!
Only to cats!
Well done
Thank you 😊
Loving these videos! I've lived in the shadow of these mountains for most of my life and have only recently discovered a love for exploring them!
Glad you like them!
Really enjoyed the hike
Thank you...my legs didn't!! Lol
That was a fair old trek for you ! I bet the lactic acid was bubbling away when you finished! 😁 another great vid with views to match 👍💪
Yeh my legs weren't prepared for that gradient!! lol good fun tho even though bitter cold on the way down! Thanks for watching!
Thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you. Cheers. Ken
Glad you enjoyed it, it was a very challenging day for me after being sluggish all winter and working behind a desk... summers coming and with it lots of wild camps and other adventures!
Filming, editing, storytelling everything here is flawless my friend! Love this episode!!!
Thanks so much!!
Superb video i really enjoyed that. Liked and Subbed.
Awesome, thank you!
@@AdventuresWithLilu Have a great day
Very enjoyable. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!, thank you for taking the time to watch and comment
What a stunning place, truly remarkable,loved the video, good health and safe travels, cheers craig
I love this area of Wales. Thanks for watching
Another fantastic adventure and video. I have been on a little adventure myself this weekend 15 miles and a wild camp on the Brecon beacons xx
Wonderful! I must get down that way someday.. thanks for watching 😊
@@AdventuresWithLilu A pleasure as always. It feels great to be able to share in your adventures xx
Wow fantastic well done Lilu . Amazing scenery beautiful views. Great video
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you for watching
don't fall in as we would miss the videos dearest
We recognised ourselves at 22:35, the red blobs on the edge!
Hahaha!!! Brilliant!! Your debut moment!!! Nice to meet you again 😃
Fabulous hike Lilu, thanks for taking us with you. I love the Carneddau and have wandered there many a time, it is a magical area. Getting on a bit now but you have re-inspired me to try again. Thanks and good hiking x
Oh I just love it there and eager to go back for a wild camp... thank you for watching 😊
Excellent filming and dramatic music. 😊
Thank you I enjoyed making this one
Wonderful, Eagle entry and poniies!
I loved making this vid!
@@AdventuresWithLilu Thanks lovely Lisa for sharing your adventures with us.
This video was not even in my feeds , I’ve been getting the same problem with my channel maybe a RUclips glitch, fantastic video as always.
Thanks for letting me know, yes I noticed this video is low on views I don't know why this is happening 🙁 thank u for watching 😊
Nothing like a boggy patch ❤
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Lilu the conqueror !!
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Loved it
I wonder if the bird was a Red Kite. The plane is an interesting find, the Mosquito body was made of wood so only mechanical bits would remain.
I googled and it looked like a buzzard but im no expert...it was huge and light brown from what I saw...
Wood? Really? Wow...
@@AdventuresWithLilu I regularly see both down here in the south.
Buzzard = large, brown with cream mid wing, with fan (rounded) tail.
Red Kite, large, redish brown, with forked tail.
(Although I see them occasionally I still can't tell the difference between the smaller bird of prey)
Yeah I wouldn't engage with those wild ponies.
Perhaps unbuckle you're backpack so you can jettison it, if you go in a bog ?
Your drone did well in that wind!
Thanks for sharing, Lilu
Good tips, thank you..and yes droney lives to fly another day 🤣
Hi Lilu have you ever been to the new forest in Hampshire? It is beautiful and there are lots of wild horses and cattle
Yes, love it there too 😍
What a cool character you are babe ,,,,you smash it every time,,,,x
Thank you 😊
Hello 👋 Lilu, sending you another greeting from Northern California. Be safe out there in those marshy bogs. Where do you get all of your energy and stamina? Take good care of yourself everyday. 😊
What stamina?? Haha I was crawling up those hills lol. Welcome from across the waters!
That was an adventure! Drum (pronounced DRIM) is the only mountain of it's size with a road all the way to the summit, up from the roman road there's a track which was built during WW2 for large trucks to drive all the way up as it was an experimental radar station testing a new system called Blue Joker. That slog up Foel Fras is brutal, I'm a local fell runner and it sure does get the thighs burning! I don't know why but they didn't build the trig point on Foel Fras on the actual summit, I've never found out what the problem was, maybe they just made a mistake but the real summit is a spike of rock about 70m SW of the trig point, looks like you had a lot of fun, I love it around there.
Oh wow thats really interesting thank you for that!! I'm loving getting to know North Wales and hope to be back soon
12:41, I knew what you had found. Climbed that Route up Drum some 12 years ago, after some research I realised what I had stumbled upon. Thankyou for service guys! Another great Adventure with Lilu ✌❤🙏🥂🇬🇧
@gregphillips.1312 yeh I dint know why I said farm machinery...no farmers uo there..I thought it might be a plane but didn't want to say before I checked...how sad... 1945...the war was about over and they crash flying back from a training exercise.... 😒
@AdventuresWithLilu yes I know, it's a very tale really. P.S. Fingers crossed for that dreaded Exam this Week, best of luck Chick 😉
@gregphillips.1312 next week. Lol 24th... all or nothing test.... 😫
Have you ever read the book I bought a Mountain by Thomas Firbank? I found it an absolutely compelling account of life as a sheep farmer in the Carneddau region with vivid descriptions of mountain life.
I habent...il look it up....thanks
Just found your channel , really enjoying it ! Just subbed , best wishes 🦇
Awesome, thank you! New vid tonight at 7!!
Wow that was a lot of exercise. How were you the next day? Hope you are doing well and staying safe.
I was in pain driving the 3 hours home haha 😄 I decided not to stay over cramped in the car another night in case I seized up the next day lol... I wasn't too bad the next day...but the drive home...owww
Again glorious. Thank you. The first time I walked in Wales, scouting ahead of my parents, I heard a strange noise and ran back shouting "It's the devil". In fact it proved to be a small pony neighing which I had not heard before. I sometimes think the benefits of an Anglican upbringing are overrated. What do I know. Mayhap Satan roams the Welsh Hills in the guise of over friendly ponies. Personally I doubt it. Your undoubted mileage may vary. I now know you have been bedevilled by what can only have been satanically possessed sheep.