In reply to lurcheowilson:
I was discussing this just a couple of hours ago with a friend...
...since Padarn Bus folded the bus service in North Wales has been shocking...It's nearly impossible to get to the mountains from anywhere other than Llanberis (and Betws, to an extent). And the last bus from Llanberis to Bangor is now 4:30pm, so that's the end of hill days by public transport for a lot of people I know living just outside of the mountains.
Hopefully a new company will step in and sort this right old shambles out soon, but as it stands, the bus service is no use nor ornament for us mountain going folk...