A solitary spot among Snowdonia’s 823 square miles
6 WEEKENDS IN THE WILD
15 WELSH WILD CAMPING
Wild camping is much more heavily restricted in England and Wales than it is in Scotland or in Scandinavia, but is often unoffcially tolerated if you camp in a sensibly secluded spot and leave no traces. In Snowdonia, the practice is common enough for Peak Walking Adventures to offer wild camping expeditions in Wales’s most beautiful corner. Setting off into the mountains in the company of an expert guide, participants carry tents, food and sleeping mats up into the quietest parts of the range, above the drystone walls, slate-roofed cottages and roaming sheep, making camp as the sun sets into the distant Irish Sea (from £135; peakwalking.com). The company also runs expeditions in the Derbyshire dales.
● ARRIVE The closest mainline station to Snowdonia is Bangor – direct trains run from London (from £59) and Birmingham (from £40; virgintrains.co.uk).