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80 SNOWDONIA NATIONAL PARK, WALES

WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE REASON PEOPLE SHOULD VISIT SNOWDONIA?

I have heard it is becoming harder to find real wilderness, but for me swimming in the middle of a mountain lake – the abyss of nothingness below me, the sky stretching out above me and the glimmer of sunshine peeking out from the clouds swirling on the summits surrounding me – feels like wilderness. These mountains are old and you can feel their history when immersed in them. It’s indeed busy with people on Snowdon, the highest mountain in England and Wales, but there are so many other, far more/just as majestic mountains to visit such as the Cnicht in the Moelwynion range, also known

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