Tag: Walk

  • Warden Walk – Pony Path

    Warden Walk – Pony Path

    Another jaunt up the Pony Path with Gary for South Snowdonia Volunteer Wardens. 6.2 miles 3 hours 23 minutes 2388 ft elevation gain

  • Islaw’r-dref to Creggennen Lakes Circular

    Islaw’r-dref to Creggennen Lakes Circular

    A walk from our home holiday AirBnB to the lakes and back along the road.

  • Warden Walk: Pony Path

    Warden Walk: Pony Path

    I met Gary at Ty Nant car park. We headed up the Pony Path in bright weather. Shortly after the 560m contour stile we walked into the cloud. We reached the Penygaer trig point and found a painted pebble. We had a food break in the summit hut. We walked back down and out of…

  • April Cader

    April Cader

    I started from home. I headed across the common and up to Gau Graig. Then along the ridge via Mynydd Gwerngraig to Mynydd Moel. I continued up to Penygaer and then onto Cyfrwy. I headed down the Pony Path and then cut across to Llŷn Y Gader and down the Fox’s Path to Dolgellau. It…

  • Llwybr Cadfan Day 1

    Llwybr Cadfan Day 1

    Sandra bought me a book about the Cadfan Way (The Cadfan Way by Jean Napier). We wanted to do another long distant path after walking the Basingstoke canal, The West Highland Way and The Isle of Wight Coastal Path. Instead of doing it in one go, we are going to walk it day by day…

  • Warden Walk: Pony Path

    Warden Walk: Pony Path

    Solo South Snowdonia Warden walk. From the Ty Nant car park up the Pony Path to the Penygadair trig point and back down the same way. The weather was dry for most of the ascent until close to the top which was in the cloud. The wind was gusting at the top too. Lunch in…

  • Y Foel

    Y Foel

    Quest to climb Y Foel. I didn’t follow the plan to the letter.  I couldn’t find some paths or the route was blocked or impassable. It was approximately 5 miles round trip and took just under 2 hours including route finding, water breaks and photography pauses.

  • Gau Graig

    Gau Graig

    I want to find a good route to the Cadair Idris ridge.  My aim was to summit Gau Graig and come straight back. I followed the most direct route from home to the summit. The first mile was simple through the command land. As soon as I came out of the woods and followed the…

  • Warden Walk: Precipice

    Warden Walk: Precipice

    A glorious day for views on the Precipice walk and then a quick check on a nearby bothy.

  • Plas Brondanw

    Plas Brondanw

    Breakfast at Seaview Cafe Bistro & Coffee Lounge in Borth-y-Gest (1st photograph). Stopped to take a photograph of Cnicht and Snowdon on the drive. Then a walk through the beautiful gardens at Plas Brondanw and a look at the art in the house. https://www.plasbrondanw.org/en/

  • Warden Wall: Panorama

    Warden Wall: Panorama

    Headed out into the mist, and came back in the mist.

  • Llyn Trawsfynydd

    Llyn Trawsfynydd

    A wander around Llyn Trawsfynydd. I parked in the carpark at the south end of the lake near the footbridge. I walked in a clockwise direction around the lake to do the sections on the main road out of the way. 9 miles