Great photos, wish I could show mine. I was there last Saturday the 20th, we did a 5 mile circular on Y Foel. I suspect you cut down by the Ffynnon Las wood from a little copse of fir trees, where we, walking from the south, turned along the fence line to take on the North slope of Y Foel. There is a lovely fallen Scots Pine, made a great spot for a coffee break. Sitting in the sun, just enjoying being there, looking across at the Eglwysegs, which were bathed in the sun all afternoon. There are so many mini routes of such variety in that area, all with different features.
Any one looking on the OS map due south of the Moel Ferna quarry, will see the RoW from Dolydd Ceriog, this runs parallel to the infant Ceriog river and waterfalls are marked 4x, this is a lovely leg for a walk of real quality. Especially if the stream is running full. Anyone walking the path on the west side would think they were walking over flat terrain and not know it is there. Used to do that walk before Open Access, many of Sir Alfred McAlpine's keepers did not know of it, just as well as it was a favourite spot for Peregrine Falcons.
Reason I can't show my photos, put in a memory card from an old camera in a hurry, got to see if I can recover them. Yet another learning curve.
Got chatting to a farmers wife, who had walked up from Glyn Ceriog, she was on the phone to some friends, she should have been with, walking on Snowden, said they were in clag. Also got some interesting comments on neighbors of hers, who do not like walkers, we had a bit of a laugh because I have fallen foul of a few of them.
Interesting position that copse with the fallen Scots Pine, almost sure it must have been on one of the old drovers routes, perhaps even the main route from Anglesea.