Well what a good Dragon it was,despite mine and others fears/disappointment of the event being held at Ty croes,curry night on the Thursday night saw a few of us in whitchurch village for a couple of drinks and of course a curry,
Pewi the next morning said that he felt unwell and decided to stay home as the rest of us left at about 10.00am on Friday morning to pick up Jethro in abergavenny bus station,Furry john (who would ride along with us until we turned off just after dollgellau and that was the last we saw of him :(never mind john always next year)Richard and Marijke,but first we stopped at the dolwyn cafe for breakfast,well we walked into the warmest welcome i have ever had,the staff there greeted us like we were their on children,it was heart warming to say the least,
breakfast done with it was on to cader idris another 40 or so klicks,we got there in plenty of time,the campsite deserted(no suprise there)had a layer of virgin snow,the views up the hill of cader idris amazing, a small stream run along side the campsite,it was beautiful,quite and dirt cheap at £3.00 a night, a great campsite (thanks Richard&steffan),it wasn't long before AndyM and Richard rolled up and later that evening Simon rode in,
it took a while for the camp fire to get going but it lasted all night,hot food was served and cold beer drank,for me it was a good night,i hope for others too.
Next morning we packed up, paid up and were ready to roll,but then the camera man(Si) was having technical probs
,this gave me chance to ride up the hill to look at cader idris one more time
electrical fault fixed we cracked on,i cant remember what time we got to the site but we found a pitch and our tents were erected
the ground was flat,dry and we were close to the toilets which could have been a bad thing but it didn't worry me at all this year,nor being close to the marquee,Pewi had text me earlier in the day to say that he had left cardiff and would join us about 15.00hrs,he turned up looking alot better but more to the point with a load of Jever dark(beer) so we drank all of that then started on the purple stuff (Gluwien)burgers and sausages were cooked and then it was into the marquee for singing and dancing,Gagsy was on form again this year and it wasn't long before we were all bobbing up and down,his years music was left wanting a wee bit but i still had a dance
and so did a lot of other members all in all a good night i think,next morning i woke to the sound of a thumper,yes you guessed, in my head,ouch that hurt all the way home through snow snow and more snow, and then rain as we hit Cardiff
Roll on next year
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