I don't suppose if anybody is familiar with the Bala campsites? Recommendations would be useful. (I dont want anything much in terms of facilities)
Mike, user reviews of camp sites can be found on
www.ukcampsite.co.ukMy experiences camping at Bala have been at Pen Y Garth which is at Rhos y Gwaliau about a mile up a lane from Bala. Level, short grass, few tents (in September), quiet, good facilities but £10 a night (2006) for me on my own, and no plugs in the hand basins.
There's a site called Pen y Bont, on Llangynog Road, which Graham Uney really slated in his book The High Summits of Wales (1999), apparently they ripped him off.
Enjoy your time in that area, Mike, I've done the entire Berwyn ridge, only saw two boys with bikes up there, no walkers! Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfall is well worth seeing, even more so if you've walked there and avoided the car parking charge!