Yes the views are awesome especially on a sunny day :)
You live a lot further lol, but it probably doesn't take you much longer to get there....it took us 6 and 1/2 hours and 10 hours on the way back though we did stop at Betws-y-coed for 3 hours!
Anyway more coincidences....we actually stayed in Snowdon Street on the first night, 2 doors from the launderette!!! It was nice, but the road was too noisy with lorries so we went to the tourist info place and they suggested 'Treforis' on Terrace Road which was a lot quieter (up past the brownie place). It was a lot bigger too with lovely large bedrooms and we stayed there for 3 nights.
I can't believe those girls hadn't heard of Robin Hood!!! Very strange!