Today i am going up Snowdons fabulous Watkin path , with Ozzy and drone for an adventure .
Having driven all the way into Snowdonia and down towards Llyn Gwynant the conditions look great for a quick drone flight, so stopping right next to the lake I take these images with the Phantom 4 pro drone.
Now to start the Watkin path , parking near the small cafe in the lay by , taking the path through the woods.
Now to continue up to the top of the falls where the valley flattens out by the hydro dam on the stream.
It is quite hot already , so I let Ozzy jump into the deep crystal clear water in one of the pools.
The Hydro electric dam on the stream.
Time to put the drone up again for a quick image.
The path winds up the flat valley floor all the way past the Gladstone Rock and up to a ruined quarry building where the path starts to climb steeply.
These slate fences are fabulous.
The ruined buildings near the old slate quarry's , I think these used to be stables for the horses.
The way ahead , steep uphill from now on.
Getting fabulous views now
Hazy view towards the sea.
That is the Summit of Snowdon up there , the steep scree section leading up to the top looks fairly busy today , in fact I have never seen so many people on this route Ever!
I am not going up to the top today , just want to get the drone up above the ridge overlooking Llyn Llydaw.
First view over the ridge looking down on the lake.
There is a 600ft drop straight down just over this ridge.
Time for a rest before flying , its fairly windy up here but very hot in the sun out of the wind.
Standing on the Edge
Bwlch Cillau ridge
5 frame Vertorama of Llyn Llydaw
Snowdon Summit, Crob Goch and Llyn Glaslyn
Bwlch Cillau
Time to head back down now , there is a big que of people waiting to get to the summit on the top of Snowdon! crazy amount of people up here today!
Back to the blue pools
Looking down the valley from the waterfalls
The end of a fabulous day on Snowdon , knackered now!
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