An amateur film produced by Maurice Brunton of the Avenue Scouts of Middlesbrough on a hiking trip to North Wales during the Easter of 1951. Based at Capel Curic Youth Hostel they explore the surrounding countryside and make a partial ascent of mount Snowdon in the snow. They also find the location for their summer camp which features in another film. Title: Avenue Scouts present Title: Hiking in Wales Title: Easter 1951 The film opens with a passenger train arriving at a platform and a...

An amateur film produced by Maurice Brunton of the Avenue Scouts of Middlesbrough on a hiking trip to North Wales during the Easter of 1951. Based at Capel Curic Youth Hostel they explore the surrounding countryside and make a partial ascent of mount Snowdon in the snow. They also find the location for their summer camp which features in another film. Title: Avenue Scouts present Title: Hiking in Wales Title: Easter 1951 The film opens with a passenger train arriving at a platform and a troop of Scouts boarding it. They look out of the window as the locomotive steams on its journey through the countryside. A railway platform sign reads ‘Llanrwst’ and written with white pebbles underneath ‘Welcome to North Wales by British Rail’. Scouts throw stones into a fast-flowing Afon Llugwy river and views of a series of road signs in point to routes to Conway or Bangor along the A5. A view follows of water cascading down Swallow Falls. In a local cafe, the scouts are served food, one boy eats egg on toast. A view shows the surrounding landscape with a peak in the distance. Three boys sit on the ground, one boy points. Title: Capel Curic Youth Hostel A Youth Hostel Association (YHA) sign changes to Capel Curic Youth Hostel. Title: Snowdon A view shows in the distance a snow-covered mountain. Outside the hostel, the boys stand waiting, one boy carrying a rucksack and wearing a wide-brimmed hat attempts to feed a sheep. A group of eight boys hike through the countryside. Each boy is carrying a rucksack, some walk with sticks. The group stops to for lunch, the boys and their leaders eat sandwiches and drink tea from flasks. One boy plays a harmonica. The boys throw stones at another YHA sign, the hostel visible in the distance. Inside two boys eat at a table. (Colour): Two boys stand outside Capel Curic Youth Hostel followed by views of the Scout group hiking along a road, the snowy peak of Snowdon in the near distance. They stop for lunch beside a red post box built into a stone wall. They continue to hike along the road gaining altitude, the camera looks back on the valley below. They throw stones into a lake at the base of Snowdon before continuing along the road through moorland countryside. The boys stand in the hostel doorway, one opens a letter. Title: A Summer Camp Site is Found A stone house built in the landscape and the boys throw stones again into a nearby river with the snowy peak of Snowdon in the distance. The boys take turns hitting a golf ball with a club around the green area in front of the house. A view of the boys crossing a fast-flowing stream using stepping stones is followed by the troop hiking up a snowy hillside before resting at the side of the path. They walk along the shore of a lake and look at a monument constructed there. Once again the boys throw stones into the lake. Outside a house built in a rural valley, the troop do stretching exercises. A view of a boy washing his ears is followed by two boys working together to saw a log. In the doorway of the house, five of the boys appear to be looking at something on the ground. The troop continues their ascent along a snowy track. The film ends with the boys resting against a wall. End credit: Photography by M.G. Brunton End title: The end