At the very top of this photo, on that cliff, you can see a frug. Now, here's a tale. On my way to Abergwyngregyn, I had to get down past the falls. I sensibly took a footpath around to the right. I had to clamber over some algae-slick sheets of rock. Then the path dipped down a slight cliffy bit, and up again. I didn't consider that this wasn't the right way, maybe because of the slick rock I'd just gone over. I expected a bad path. I clambered down this small cliffy bit, still high above the base of the falls, above a steep scree slope. I realised I was in a hole. I couldn't climb up the other side, but another little cliffy drop would take me onto the grass and stones where I could walk down to the path below. The cliff was about five feet. I started to try to clamber down, unbalanced by my heavy rucksack. Then I realised I was in an awful situation. I couldn't move. The slightest attempt to go up or down would make me fall. I didn't have a choice, really. I couldn't go up. I chose down. And I fell. It was spectacular, and I was spectacularly lucky. I didn't stop at the bottom of the cliff. I did a full aerial somersault. I landed on my right buttock. That was it. No death. No breaks. A bruised buttock. I took the photo from where I came to rest. I fell from near the dog. No phone signal, nothing. No one had seen me fall. But then a beautifully kind woman miraculously appeared in the path above and called down to see I was all right, and watched over me while I made my escape. And I'm alive. Walking can be dangerous. Take care. [Image description: colour photo of a small rocky cliff with a frug dog sitting at the top, and a rock-covered steep slope below.] #ImageDescription #wales #cymru #Conwy #AberFalls #SnowdoniaNationalPark #snowdonia #eryri #ThisIsMyWales #River #mountains #hiking #adventure #walkies #waterfall #accident #BeCarefulOutThere #miracle https://www.instagram.com/p/B8WzdIKJ9HC/?igshid=15kcsw1n5r1ll
