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phil1960

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A week in Southern Snowdonia
« on: 15:06:13, 13/10/15 »
Off we went to the village of Brithdir near Dolgellau for a weeks R&R with some walking thrown in to clear our heads. It's been tough for us over the past year with my dad becoming fully dependant on us, eventually he decided on residential care just over a month ago so this break was to recharge the batteries.
As this is a walking forum I will just concentrate on the walks we did and keep the fabulous other experiences for our memories  :)

We chose to walk Arenig Fawr, The New Precipice Walk (our version), Aran Fawddwy and had a bit of a recce in the Rhinogydd. I have added a few comments to the photo's, so although most will be familiar to those who know the region, we hope you enjoy. P.S. I'm no photographer so apologies in advance.

Arenig Fawr -

Bothy at Llyn Arenig Fawr



Swmbo takes a closer look



Llyn Arenig Fawr



Plodding up the path



Looking up to the top



It was a pain traversing across here



A bit of scree



All good fun



Memorial at the summit to some brave WW2 airmen



A summit pose



Hazy views



Way down from Arenig south top



I think this is Moel Lyfnant



I like looking at old derelict buildings and this is (was) I believe Amnodd Wen



New Precipice Walk -

Llyn Tan -y- Graig



Swmbo likes woodland paths



Mossy tree



I this this is an old goldmine entrance



Has Bear Grylls been here?



Cadair range with the toll bridge in the middle distance



This was the old managers house for one of the many goldmines in this area



Estuary and Barmouth in the distance



Cadair shrouded in cloud



Another of the estuary



I wonder what they mean?



Aran Fawddwy -

Cwm Cywarch



And again, there is a climbing hut nearby so maybe this is where they do their thing



Looking up with Creigiau Camddwr on the right, to the left and above is Glasgwm



The beginning of the mist



Camddwr



Over the bridge



Cool vein of quartz in the rock



More mist



Unnamed but cool anyway



Another angle



Having a breather



Looking toward Aran Fawddwy, this is a boggy path with boards over the worst bits



You don't say



Looking back the way the sign said



I love this terrain


Looking back as we get higher



Amazing views



Now that's a lump of quartz, there was loads about on this Aran



On the summit looking down on Creiglyn Dyfi, shame about the mist which had descended



We saw our first person all day who took this windswept picture of us, then he was off into the thickening mist



Descending now



Looking across to Crieglyn Dyfi



Foel Hafod - fynydd



Pieces of quartz in centre of photo, this was approaching Drws Bach



Cairn memorial on Drws Bach to an RAF mountain rescue member who was struck by lightening



Almost like the Beacons



This is the Hengwm valley



This was a great little descent path



Looking over to our start ascent



Closer view, you can just see the climbing hut



Not far to go now



Rhinogydd - The Rhinogs

From Cwm Bychan the start of the Roman Steps



I love this place already



I think rocks are cool and love the layers in this one



Bwlch Tyddiad



More rocks



Rhinog Fawr



Our lunch spot



Looking across to Clip (I think)



Definitely Clip



And that's all folks, we took over 400 photo's but there's only so much time in a day. A brilliant week away with plenty of walking and chill out time. It's back to the Beacons for us now, but we're already planning our next trip to the outer reaches of Snowdonia  O0












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Re: A week in Southern Snowdonia
« Reply #1 on: 15:54:59, 13/10/15 »
Great pics Phil, even though you say you're no photographer  :D

Good to see you and swmbo aka jelleeee looking so well  O0
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phil1960

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Re: A week in Southern Snowdonia
« Reply #2 on: 16:11:14, 13/10/15 »
Great pics Phil, even though you say you're no photographer  :D

Good to see you and swmbo aka jelleeee looking so well  O0
Cheers Jon, I'm a point and shoot type of guy, but that's another story  ;D
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Re: A week in Southern Snowdonia
« Reply #3 on: 16:47:59, 13/10/15 »
I've been looking forward to this post as it's always interesting to read someone else's views about an area I know.
Glad you both enjoyed the experience even if the weather on Monday was poor. Then we got Wednesday's forecasted weather on Tuesday and vice-versa. Never trust the BBC or Met Office forecasts for southern Snowdonia.  :(  It almost has it's own micro climate.



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Re: A week in Southern Snowdonia
« Reply #4 on: 16:54:58, 13/10/15 »
We've been up Snowdonia  3 times now but have always stayed around the Capel curig  area .
Think I will look for a dog friendly cottage in the southern area now. Looks like our sort of area.

phil1960

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Re: A week in Southern Snowdonia
« Reply #5 on: 17:31:13, 13/10/15 »
I've been looking forward to this post as it's always interesting to read someone else's views about an area I know.
Glad you both enjoyed the experience even if the weather on Monday was poor. Then we got Wednesday's forecasted weather on Tuesday and vice-versa. Never trust the BBC or Met Office forecasts for southern Snowdonia.  :(  It almost has it's own micro climate.
We were lucky with the weather as it was fine on the days we walked. The one day it rained we drove all over Snowdonia only stopping for dinner, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves  O0
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Re: A week in Southern Snowdonia
« Reply #6 on: 17:36:46, 13/10/15 »
We've been up Snowdonia  3 times now but have always stayed around the Capel curig  area .
Think I will look for a dog friendly cottage in the southern area now. Looks like our sort of area.
We've stayed in Capel Curig and enjoyed that too, but the south is much quieter which we like. Where we stayed allow dogs but the farm dog kept us company, it's a lovely area  O0
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Re: A week in Southern Snowdonia
« Reply #7 on: 19:19:18, 13/10/15 »
Great stuff Phil  O0 Your photos are wonderful, I kept trying to pick a favourite, but can't  :)
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Re: A week in Southern Snowdonia
« Reply #8 on: 19:40:37, 13/10/15 »
Great stuff Phil  O0 Your photos are wonderful, I kept trying to pick a favourite, but can't  :)
Thanks April  :) I literally just leave it on auto as I have no idea what anything else does  ;D
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Re: A week in Southern Snowdonia
« Reply #9 on: 19:42:14, 13/10/15 »
Great tr and pics  O0Ive happy memories of staying in the
Bothy at Llyn Arenig Fawr  8)
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Re: A week in Southern Snowdonia
« Reply #10 on: 19:44:55, 13/10/15 »
Phil it looks amazing. I am sure you did it justice with your photos. Such an excellent description of an area we have yet to visit.....how can you resist.

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Re: A week in Southern Snowdonia
« Reply #11 on: 20:02:55, 13/10/15 »
Looks like you had a great week Phil. Lovely area, did you brave the scary drive upto Cwm  Bychan for your Rhinogs walk? I'm dying to revisit them but jeez that road scares the **** out of me  ;D . Lovely photos  O0

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Re: A week in Southern Snowdonia
« Reply #12 on: 20:17:28, 13/10/15 »
Great tr and pics  O0Ive happy memories of staying in the
Bothy at Llyn Arenig Fawr  8)
It looked quite cosy Beefy, I did suggest to Christine we have a night there but with a cosy cottage to go back to she wasn't having that  ;D
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Re: A week in Southern Snowdonia
« Reply #13 on: 20:18:51, 13/10/15 »
Phil it looks amazing. I am sure you did it justice with your photos. Such an excellent description of an area we have yet to visit.....how can you resist.
Thanks Steve and yes I highly recommend it  O0
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Re: A week in Southern Snowdonia
« Reply #14 on: 20:21:12, 13/10/15 »
Looks like you had a great week Phil. Lovely area, did you brave the scary drive upto Cwm  Bychan for your Rhinogs walk? I'm dying to revisit them but jeez that road scares the **** out of me  ;D . Lovely photos  O0
Ha ha yes Dizzy we did that drive (slowly) thought that £2 per car and another £1 per person was a bit cheeky, just an honesty box but we did pay, honest  ;D
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