Tryfan, Snowdonia OAC+TimeTunnel

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An OAC Trip to the Ogwen valley in North Wales. Most peoples aims involved getting up Tryfan using some route or another. The weather was exceptional and many nice views were there for the taking. Afterwards some OAC people went off to Time Tunnel to see-in the clocks going back.

Date & Time: 2004:10:30 09:03:44 Exposure: 1/500 sec Shutter Speed: 1/256 sec Aperture Value: F5 Focal Length: 7.844 mm On the Bus On the bus early in the morning, heading to North Wales. I'm reading my camera manual and messing about with the 'creative settings'. The large flash output makes El Presidente's hair look gray...	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 09:16:37 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Toria and Gareth Toria and her Reading T-Shirt are evicted from the coach seat by Gareth. Nothing unusual there then. Gareth is hiding his new haircut.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 10:35:01 Exposure: 1/250 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 11.312 mm Ogwen Valley Looking east down Llyn Ogwen on arrival.
Date & Time: 2004:10:30 10:40:03 Exposure: 1/80 sec Shutter Speed: 1/64 sec Aperture Value: F3.5 Focal Length: 9.406 mm It's the get-go Everyone out the coach.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 10:42:16 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F4.8 Focal Length: 16.219 mm Group Management Danger! Dave with a water pistol.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 10:42:29 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F4 Focal Length: 11.312 mm Warp Speed!! Spurred on by the threat of a water pistol bath, Dave's group is the first to reach a walking speed of 6.9 km an hour in the OAC's history.
Date & Time: 2004:10:30 10:51:01 Exposure: 1/125 sec Shutter Speed: 1/64 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Gareth and Dave Still armed with the water pistol Dave discusses the route with Gareth. The rest of group are starting up the north face of Tryfan with Milestone Buttress emerging to the right of them.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 11:18:06 Exposure: 1/640 sec Shutter Speed: 1/512 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm View along side Tryfan Bach and across the valley which carries the A5 to London, where the streets are paved with gold.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 11:23:30 Exposure: 1/800 sec Shutter Speed: 1/512 sec Aperture Value: F4.8 Focal Length: 16.219 mm Monster! Tryfan. The monster awakes in the morning mist!
Date & Time: 2004:10:30 11:27:06 Exposure: 1/400 sec Shutter Speed: 1/256 sec Aperture Value: F4.8 Focal Length: 16.219 mm Tryfan The light scattering off the crags on the east side of Tryfan.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 11:29:26 Exposure: 0.02 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 5.406 mm View (almost) over Tryfan Bach) Chris in the foreground with Barny behind him. Beyond Tryfan Bach is the Pont Wern-gof campsite. We followed Tryfan Bach up a bit then turned right to head towards the start of the Heather Terrace footpath.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 11:31:46 Exposure: 1/160 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Too much effort! A bit further above Tryfan Bach. We were thinking we should tell the climbers they can just walk to the top of Tryfan Bach easily using the grass strip in the photo. But we forgot and they wasted their day climbing Tryfan Bach with ropes and belays.In the distance Y Braich slopes down to the valley.
Date & Time: 2004:10:30 11:39:57 Exposure: 1/200 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F3.2 Focal Length: 7.844 mm Tragedy Catherine finds a bottle with dead animals in it.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 11:40:40 Exposure: 1/125 sec Shutter Speed: 1/64 sec Aperture Value: F3.2 Focal Length: 7.844 mm Not a nice way to go. The result of careless littering of the countryside. The poor creature would have wandered in and then not been about to get out.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 11:42:06 Exposure: 0.01 sec Shutter Speed: 1/64 sec Aperture Value: F4 Focal Length: 11.312 mm No more please! We plugged the top with heather, hoping that will stop more deaths of little creatures. TAKE YOUR BOTTLES HOME PLEASE!(All OAC members know this anyway)
Date & Time: 2004:10:30 11:44:19 Exposure: 1/250 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F3.5 Focal Length: 9.406 mm The Nant Gowern y Gof stream valley where the wall crosses it above Tryfan Bach.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 11:44:42 Exposure: 1/125 sec Shutter Speed: 1/64 sec Aperture Value: F4.8 Focal Length: 16.219 mm Noisy goat. This goat wasn't half making a racket.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 12:01:46 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F4.8 Focal Length: 16.219 mm Up the Gulley Aislinn heading up the gulley onto Heather terrace.
Date & Time: 2004:10:30 12:02:16 Exposure: 1/125 sec Shutter Speed: 1/64 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm At the top of the Gulleys Waiting at the top of the Gulley for the last few of the group.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 12:04:56 Exposure: 1/640 sec Shutter Speed: 1/512 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm At the top At the top of the ascent to the Heather Terrace path	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 12:24:11 Exposure: 1/640 sec Shutter Speed: 1/512 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Allia Allia at the very start of the Heather Terrace path.
Date & Time: 2004:10:30 12:24:31 Exposure: 1/640 sec Shutter Speed: 1/512 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Chris and Aislinn Chris and Aislinn at the start of the heather terrace path.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 12:28:53 Exposure: 1/1000 sec Shutter Speed: 1/512 sec Aperture Value: F3.2 Focal Length: 5.406 mm The Heather Terrace The Heather Terrace path which runs along the side of Tryfan.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 12:35:49 Exposure: 1/1000 sec Shutter Speed: 1/512 sec Aperture Value: F3.2 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Aislinn and Andreas
Date & Time: 2004:10:30 12:47:46 Exposure: 1/1000 sec Shutter Speed: 1/512 sec Aperture Value: F3.2 Focal Length: 6.594 mm Dinner Time! Dinner time, time for all the goodies we've hauled up Tryfan	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 13:00:22 Exposure: 1/1000 sec Shutter Speed: 1/512 sec Aperture Value: F3.2 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Photo Shy Aislinn (trying to avoid being in the photo - and failing!) and Andreas at the dinner stop. The OAC is starting a programme to cure people of camera shyness.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 13:11:45 Exposure: 1/1000 sec Shutter Speed: 1/512 sec Aperture Value: F3.5 Focal Length: 9.406 mm View up to Tryfan.
Date & Time: 2004:10:30 13:19:54 Exposure: 1/250 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Don't look Down. View off the Heather Terrace towards Tryfan Bach.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 13:32:05 Exposure: 1/320 sec Shutter Speed: 1/256 sec Aperture Value: F3.5 Focal Length: 9.406 mm Climbers You wouldn't catch me doing that.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 13:39:39 Exposure: 1/1000 sec Shutter Speed: 1/512 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Barney Barney near the edge. Louise climbing up to the right.
Date & Time: 2004:10:30 13:40:07 Exposure: 1/1000 sec Shutter Speed: 1/512 sec Aperture Value: F3.5 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Louise, Allia and Barney Allia far too near the edge. Barney to the right.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 13:51:06 Exposure: 1/1000 sec Shutter Speed: 1/512 sec Aperture Value: F4 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Far South Peak Far south Peak from Heather Terrace. We're near the end of the Heather Terrace now.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 13:53:15 Exposure: 1/1000 sec Shutter Speed: 1/512 sec Aperture Value: F4.5 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Scrambly-ish Barney and Louise are over the only difficult part of Heather terrace. There's a little bit of scrambling that would be tricky in the wet.
Date & Time: 2004:10:30 14:06:10 Exposure: 1/500 sec Shutter Speed: 1/256 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Near Tryfan Far South Peak Coming up the final section of path that leads onto the saddle between Far South Peak and Tryfan	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 14:06:23 Exposure: 1/640 sec Shutter Speed: 1/512 sec Aperture Value: F4.8 Focal Length: 16.219 mm Hill Braich y Ddeugwm	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 14:06:37 Exposure: 1/160 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Final bit Coming up the final section of path that leads onto the saddle between Far South Peak and Tryfan
Date & Time: 2004:10:30 14:08:05 Exposure: 1/320 sec Shutter Speed: 1/256 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 5.406 mm On the saddle Arrival at the saddle between Tryfan and Far South Peak.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 14:09:01 Exposure: 1/250 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Glyders in the Mist Glyder Fach (994m High)	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 14:09:12 Exposure: 1/200 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 7.844 mm The view Looking into the upper reaches of the Ogwen valley.
Date & Time: 2004:10:30 14:13:20 Exposure: 1/125 sec Shutter Speed: 1/64 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 5.406 mm The Lake that looks like Australia Llyn Bochlwyd and Y Garn	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 14:13:52 Exposure: 1/800 sec Shutter Speed: 1/512 sec Aperture Value: F3.2 Focal Length: 7.844 mm Y Garn	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 14:23:52 Exposure: 1/80 sec Shutter Speed: 1/64 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 11.312 mm Lake-a-like-ies Llyn Bochlwyd - Australia
Date & Time: 2004:10:30 14:24:23 Exposure: 1/250 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F3.2 Focal Length: 7.844 mm Chris, Allia, Catherine and Aislinn on the saddle between Tryfan and Far South Peak	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 14:26:21 Exposure: 1/800 sec Shutter Speed: 1/512 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Sunlight Light over Bwlch y Dywy Glyder. Glyder Fach left (994m High)	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 14:36:38 Exposure: 1/125 sec Shutter Speed: 1/64 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Tryfan Far South Peak Far south Peak
Date & Time: 2004:10:30 14:51:04 Exposure: 1/320 sec Shutter Speed: 1/256 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 9.406 mm Barney.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 14:51:59 Exposure: 1/1000 sec Shutter Speed: 1/512 sec Aperture Value: F5 Focal Length: 9.406 mm The mist rolls in for a moment Tryfan summit	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 14:53:40 Exposure: 1/200 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 7.844 mm Barney and Friend Posing on the top of Tryfan
Date & Time: 2004:10:30 15:00:49 Exposure: 1/1000 sec Shutter Speed: 1/512 sec Aperture Value: F4 Focal Length: 9.406 mm Every child, women, man and his dog were on Tryfan on the Saturday.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 15:01:50 Exposure: 1/1000 sec Shutter Speed: 1/512 sec Aperture Value: F3.5 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Rescue My best shot yet of a rescue helecopter.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 15:19:54 Exposure: 1/320 sec Shutter Speed: 1/256 sec Aperture Value: F3.5 Focal Length: 9.406 mm Stay away from the edge Catherine on top of a buttress on Tryfan
Date & Time: 2004:10:30 15:20:09 Exposure: 1/320 sec Shutter Speed: 1/256 sec Aperture Value: F3.5 Focal Length: 9.406 mm Phew Catherine walking off the top of a buttress on Tryfan	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 15:27:38 Exposure: 1/320 sec Shutter Speed: 1/256 sec Aperture Value: F4.8 Focal Length: 16.219 mm Afternoon scramble Chris and Aislinn coming down off the top of Tryfan	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 15:41:59 Exposure: 1/80 sec Shutter Speed: 1/64 sec Aperture Value: F4.8 Focal Length: 16.219 mm Gotta u Aislinn caught unaware by the camera!
Date & Time: 2004:10:30 15:42:52 Exposure: 1/160 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Gotta-u too Chris coming down from Tryfan	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 15:56:03 Exposure: 1/320 sec Shutter Speed: 1/256 sec Aperture Value: F4.8 Focal Length: 16.219 mm Sea gull A seagull between Tryfan and Far South Peak	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 16:23:51 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F3.5 Focal Length: 9.406 mm Spot the walking pole Me and Aislinn taking a break
Date & Time: 2004:10:30 17:14:52 Exposure: 1/160 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Sky. The evening sky. the sun sets on the last day of British summer time.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 17:41:39 Exposure: 1/80 sec Shutter Speed: 1/64 sec Aperture Value: F4.8 Focal Length: 16.219 mm Tryfan's bedtime. The monster getting ready for bed.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 17:41:53 Exposure: 1/80 sec Shutter Speed: 1/64 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Back to the Bus Back on the Timewells bus. Ready to depart down the A5.
Date & Time: 2004:10:30 18:00:03 Exposure: 1/8 sec Shutter Speed: 1/8 sec Aperture Value: F4 Focal Length: 11.312 mm On the road Betws-y-coed.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 18:38:27 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Dave El Presendente on the bus.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 18:56:40 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Stu Stu:"Sing it with me- FAME I wanna live forever oh ah ooh ooh FAME --- "
Date & Time: 2004:10:30 19:12:31 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Like a baby! Disco Dave all partied out.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 19:14:04 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Camera Shy Stu doesn't want his photo taken.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 19:22:18 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Silent Night Asleep on the bus. Dave in the foreground after debt collecting(! ;-) )and Fran asleep behind him.
Date & Time: 2004:10:30 22:33:00 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Brian ...er...Brian. Dressed as a bird. He got burnt on the hand by his mate's cigarette afterwards. Fortunately for Liverpool his custom didn't catch fire. Merseyside fire brigade were on standby.	Date & Time: 2004:10:30 23:08:05 Exposure: 1/8 sec Shutter Speed: 1/8 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Guild The guild on a saturday night.	Date & Time: 2004:10:31 00:23:13 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Group pose! Gaz, Dave, Laura, Zop and me downstairs in the guild.
Date & Time: 2004:10:31 00:25:46 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Dan sans Make up Vicky, Dan, Jasmin in the full throws of conversation.	Date & Time: 2004:10:31 00:31:17 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Conversation Gaz and Dave discuss the price of Fish and Chips.	Date & Time: 2004:10:31 00:31:31 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Sitting room Jasmin, Toria, Stu.
Date & Time: 2004:10:31 00:35:35 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F4 Focal Length: 11.312 mm Yes mummy Loz telling Dave off. Dave can't believe it. He not know what she so mad about.	Date & Time: 2004:10:31 00:35:53 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm All's well that end's well Loz, Zop and Dave.	Date & Time: 2004:10:31 00:54:40 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Wow! Dave looking scary and Vicky with lots of energy.
Date & Time: 2004:10:31 00:55:58 Exposure: 1/8 sec Shutter Speed: 1/8 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Time Tunnel A great shot of the lights with a witches hat silhoutted.	Date & Time: 2004:10:31 01:02:00 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Gaz Gaz looking a little tired.	Date & Time: 2004:10:31 01:02:34 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Presidental Dancing Somebody should tell Dave Winstanley (the guild president) that it's bad for your ears to dance that close to the speakers. We can assume he's having fun though!
Date & Time: 2004:10:31 01:05:59 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Dave sprays his beer. Dave makes the floor sticky with his beer antics.	Date & Time: 2004:10:31 01:06:13 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Mosh with beer Mosh! Only joking!	Date & Time: 2004:10:31 01:11:07 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Dance Floor Divas Vicky and Zop.
Date & Time: 2004:10:31 01:15:40 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm C-r-a-z-y! Crazy dancing from Zop. Dave can't work out how to better it!	Date & Time: 2004:10:31 01:17:54 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Arms up! Jamie and Dave with Loz's arm to the left.	Date & Time: 2004:10:31 01:20:52 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm The Hand! The hand!
Date & Time: 2004:10:31 01:21:00 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Disco Dave Disco Dave!	Date & Time: 2004:10:31 01:33:40 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Loving angels instead Angels at Time Tunnel