I met a bloke on Moel Siabod today who told me 'I'm glad of this wind; keeps the rain away'. Whether my companions for the day, James and Andrew agreed I'm not so sure. They're in Snowdonia for a few days to learn to become more self-sufficient mountaineers and have had suitably testing conditions today. We ducked out of the worst of the gale by approaching beneath the Eastern flanks of the mountain. Once over the summit we got the full experience, the gusts setting their timing to hit every time you tried to step over or around the boulders. For Andrew this was his first mountain, there'll be more of the same tomorrow if the boys are up for it. 
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