Hafod Eryri
Travel writer Phoebe Smith on Hafod Eryri, the visitor centre on Mount Snowdon's summit, and the chutzpah of building on mountains.
Travel writer Phoebe Smith on Hafod Eryri - the visitor centre on Mount Snowdon's summit.
4/5 Phoebe explains how despite herself, Hafod Eryri has grown on her, and that she has found unexpected joy at being able to drink hot chocolate on top of a mountain. Its presence says something about our chutzpah in putting a building where it doesn't belong.
Producer Clare Walker.
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- Thu 4 Jan 2018 22:45BBC Radio 3
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