A Lesson in Orography....

.......or not as the case may be.

Apparently orography is the study of mountains. And before you ask; no I have no idea why someone would spend their life studying them either.

On our recent holiday in Wales we stayed on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park. Yes, there is a clue in the name; it is the home of Mount Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales at 3560ft. Already I can hear the laughter of Orologists the world over (do Orologists laugh, I wonder?) because in the grand scheme of things Snowdon is small fry. Even Scotland can top 4000ft with Ben Nevis. Once you cross the pond, Orologists are rolling on the ground with mirth thinking of their own whopping mountains at over 20,000ft. There is no respite in New Zealand who have Mount Cook at 12,316 ft and our mates in  Australia can easily beat 7000ft.

Here is a picture of me (and Mum's legs) looking depressed on a beach - for no reason other than all this writing is getting boring. 

So, perhaps Snowdon is nothing to get really excited about, but when did that ever stop anyone?! Mount Snowdon is one of the biggest tourist attractions in Wales and hundreds of idiots people climb to the summit each year. And that is where I hit upon a rather embarrassing problem. Given how famous Snowdon is, surely one should be able to recognise it instantly? Well, no actually. Mums realised that they didn't have a clue as to which mountain we should be ooohing and ahhing about. So, while we'd like to show you a picture of Snowdon, we are not sure that we can.

Below is a series of photographs of mountains..... one of them may be Snowdon.

We believe this to be our least convincing offering, but a nice enough mountain....

 Don't think it's this one, but at least there are sheep for added interest...

Ah that's better! Here is one of me with some old mountain in the background....

This is our best guess. Do you know why? Mum said it "looked famous". I despair, I really do.....

This may be Snowdon from the other side. (Note the use of technical Orologist language....)

 If you are not as stupid as know more about mountains than my mums, do let me know!