Climbing the Cader Idris horseshoe ridge, April 2010
Back in the earlier part of the year, I signed up to climb Snowdon to raise money for the National Autistic Society. I have previously climbed Snowdon twice before, once with my father when I was 16 and then later with my long term school friend, Bruce when we had a holiday together in North Wales in our teens. On both occasions I had a clear day for my visit to the summit.
It is still not too late to sponsor me. you can go to the following site
http://www.virginmoneygiving.comand then enter my name Clive Ward to add your sponsorship omn line to help the work of the National Autistic Society!
Here now in 2010 I am not so very fit so i decided to climb Cader Idris, a mountain I has first tried to conquer on a family holiday from Barmouth when I was about 13. Heavy mist stopped us reaching the 
summit.
summit. In more recent times I had visited the area and organised a Green Gym event in the area with a work colleague, Rob Allum. At the time we had agreed to the challenge of climbing Cader Idris in the future!
Rob and I with Green Gym members in July 2006.
We were able to join the Waynefield Keep Fit Group from Brackley, Northants, a mens group who Rob had links with and were planning a weekend to climb Cader on mid April
pic: members of the Group with Cader Behind, from Barmouth Bridge
at the start
and well up with much less clothing as the weather was perfect and thanks to an Icelantic Volcano we had no planes passing above us either!
some of the views we got as we followed the ridge to the Summit
The whole Group at the Summit and Rob and I celebrate reaching the Summit!
Our return walk completing a circular route ended a perfect day. I just hope my forthcoming walk up Snowdon will be so successful and enjoyable.
I would just like to thank members of this Oxfordshire Group for making us so welcome and for their generous sponsoring of me for my Snowdon Challenge!
Some of the photos were taken by the leader Frank Lambert.
Great Blog Post Clive.
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