This is a great walk for half a day or an evening. The Route For a route description – click here. Had a great walk up after work tonight, the first after work bimble of the year. It was cloudy and the windchill was unexpected for April, especially after the exceptionally warm March. The best thing […]
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A steady walk up Mynydd y Twr, Holyhead Mountain that has some pretty rough and steep sections on the descent (if in doubt, return the same way). The Route The route starts off at the lower South Stack Car park, where parking is free but limited (it gets busy quickly!). This is located at SH210
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If you’re just getting into trail and fell running, you may want to get off path without all that ascent. This easy route starts at over 350m at the Bwlch y Groes car park before a steady ascent takes you through the quarries to the summit of Cefn Du at 441m. The return path is
An easy walk along the coastal path along spectacular scenery with very little ascent and a pub near the end! Make sure you’ve got an up to date map with the coastal path clearly marked! My map was a few years old, and this was good prep for walking the entire path in a few
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This is a circular walk from Capel Curig to one the outlying Carneddau of Pen Llithrig y Wrach, returning via Llyn Cowlyd. It’s a surprisingly remote walk, despite the distance, especially when you reach Llyn Cowlyd with a good two hours to walk back to the start. Pen Llithrig y Wrach and Llyn Cowlyd from
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A long route starting in Rhyd Ddu and ending in Llanberis, though you could well return via the Clogwyn Gwin path to the start. Ascending via the Allt Maenderyn (south) Ridge and descending over Moel Cynghorion which isn’t much of a destination for a single day but an ideal viewpoint to end one. The Route
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We took a bimble up the summit of Moel Eilio and the ridge beyond today. Here are some of the pictures that we took on the walk. The route starts above Waunfawr at the Bwlch y Groes car park, but be warned that the road and parking is a little rough! The Route It’s an
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Took the opportunity to do this walk today as there was just a nice dusting of snow, and we intended to fit any walk into the morning. The Route If you want a description of this walk – see here. We set off this morning with some wet slush underfoot, lightly covering the black oozing
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A longish walk from Nantmor through the ancient woodland in the Nantmor valley and across the moor to Llyn Dinas. The return is then along the Afon Glaslyn, though Beddgelert and the Aberglaslyn Pass via the riverside fisherman’s path. The Route To follow…
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This route featured in our article on My Favourite Guidebook Walks and is taken from Irvine Butterfield’s classic tome – The High Mountains of Britain and Ireland Vol 1. Enigmatically named volume 1 thirty years ago, this is still a standalone volume. The cover of the original had a shot of the Forcan Ridge, with even more
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This is an epic walk if ever there was one and this route featured in our article on My Favourite Guidebook Walks. Over The Ben, CMD, Aonach Mor, Beag and finally the Grey Corries; that’s one walk you’d have to try. I did a few springs back, even adding on some more hills above Loch Treig
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This route featured in our article on My Favourite Guidebook Walks. I don’t even know why I chose this one! Probably as I think I ought to get out and do it, and partially for the same reason as people run those races with barbed wire and mud. Crossing this area seems like a penance in
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This is Steve Ashton’s Walk across the Rhinogydd from our article on My Favourite Guidebook Walks. Ashton does, admittedly, do them the easy way. He starts off in Cwm Bychan and then follows the entire ridge to Abermaw (Barmouth). While the walk is well described, there is the issue of returning to the start. Ashton also
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This is the Steve Ashton Moelwynion Ridge walk featured in our article on My Favourite Guidebook Walks. Setting off from Dolwyddelan, he takes the route up via the forest and to Llyn y Foel, Daear Ddu and follows the route around to Allt Fawr, before recalling how he managed to get a lift to the start
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This is the Steve Ashton Nantlle Ridge route from our article on My Favourite Guidebook Walks. The classic Snowdonia ridge walk without doubt, and he provides the vanilla version from Rhyd Ddu over to Garnedd Coch, over all the best bits and omitting that little upstart – Mynydd Graig Goch. The beauty of this book,
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A very short walk from Congl-y-wal at the southern end of Blaenau Ffestiniog, beneath the cliffs of Manod Mawr and returning via farmland to the start. The Route Click here to view the full description and download a printable map, or the Slate Valley Paths home page for details of the other paths. © Copyright Eric Jones and licensed for reuse
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A short walk into Cwm Bowydd, probably better combined with one of the other nearby routes such as Afon Goedol or Afon Teigl routes. The Route Click here to view the full description and download a printable map, or the Slate Valley Paths home page for details of the other paths. © Copyright Barry Hunter and licensed for reuse under
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A short walk through the oak woodlands to the north of Rhyd-y-sarn. Could equally be walked from Tanygrisiau or as part of the Afon Goedol route. The Route Click here to view the full description and download a printable map, or the Slate Valley Paths home page for details of the other paths. © Copyright Paul Glover and licensed for
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Walk along the Tanygrisiau Reservoir before dropping down to Rhyd-y-sarn and the wooded valley surrounding the Afon Goedol. The Route Click here to view the full description and download a printable map, or the Slate Valley Paths home page for details of the other paths. © Copyright Jeremy Bolwell and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
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A walk around the reservoir at Tanygrisiau, that can be easily completed from the Ffestiniog Railway. The Route Click here to view the full description and download a printable map, or the Slate Valley Paths home page for details of the other paths. © Copyright rob bishop and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
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Tanygrisiau may be the highest settlement in this valley these days, but walk up into Cwmorthin to see Plas Cwmorthin, or what’s left of it. You can extend the walk into Bwlch Cwmorthin and Rhosydd Quarry which was an even tougher place for the quarrymen to live. The Route Click here to view the full
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Pen y Fan is the highest point south of Snowdonia and the route to its summit is a surprisingly easy walk of under 8km there and back. Even so, it is still a mountain and should be treated with respect! The Route Click here to view the full description and download a printable route guide
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A walk down this picturesque valley on the old road to Brecon starting from the misleadingly named Storey Arms – you won’t get a pint there these days! Note that much of the route on the western side of the valley is along a permissive path. The Route Click here to view the full description
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The shortest of the three ‘mountains’ in the Elenydd region of the Cambrian Mountains that hit the magical 600m contour, though providing no less challenge or remoteness. Starting from the village of Llanwrthwl, this path crosses the National Trust’s Abergwesyn Commons and is not an easy clear path all the way! Navigational skills not optional. The Route
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