We've had the old arguments of mobile phones and hills, but here's a new one for you.

Netbooks on the mountian? For those of you who've been sleeping in Millican's cave for the last twelve months, a Netbook is basically a small laptop (7-10inch screen) with decent battery life and optimised for browsing 'tinternet on the move. There's a few different brands available, a couple of the better ones being the Asus EEE 901 and the Samsung N10. I nearly got the Asus, but the hard drive was too small, so the Samsung, affectionately known as a Sammy online, was the best option. With a battery life of over 7 hours and a large 10in screen, it's a brilliant piece of kit.

Not only that, but at 1kg you could conceivably take one on an overnight wild camp. To test it out, i took it for a walk up Yr Wyddfa last night and as you can see from the pics, managed to get online. There was nobody on MSN though to ask them to "guess where I am? No, Guess. You'll never get it. Go on though, guess!) If it does start a craze off though, you know where you read it first! Going to have to find a lighter version next and couple it to the Freeloader solar charger ;-)

Internet connection was using the N95 as a bluetooth modem, and speed wasn't overly impressive. That said, my home broadband is expensive and speedy so i'm spoilt in that regard. Some netbooks come with built in wireless broadband (such as the Asus eee901) but i'm waiting now for a smaller, lighter version.

The recent weather, in its transition from winter to spring, saw some pretty abrupt changes. From camping in a snow drift, within two weeks i was walking with a 35litre pack, trail shoes, shorts and camping in the sun!
A few weeks back on High Street...

Bring on the Sun. Overnight at Glaslyn.

The original post is no longer relevant, but the pic looks nice!

Just some pics of the walk yesterday, there will be a full route on Walk Eryri in due course.

The conditions were as decent as they’ve been in recent years, though it was only over about 800m that the snow was old enough to be easy to walk on in crampons. Lower than that, it was a bit too mixed.

Bad news is though, that the week ahead looks like it’s going to melt and that it’ll remain mild next week. The snow seems to be deep in drifts, but the summit of Glyder Fawr was pretty wind swept and the rock below was quite visible. I’m writing to Santa at this very moment for some more snow in the New Year!