Eryri is full of popular walking trails, from the paths up to Cwm Idwal to the motorways up Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon). What it didn’t have at the time of designing the Eryri Way is a backpacker’s long distance trail. The Cambrian Way, which failed to gain official status in 1970s – a mixed blessing – cuts […]
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It always adds a bit of interest when we can do a walk with a theme. Usually it’s up and down, but nothing extra. This walk follows the skyline of the Carneddau from Rachub, across to Garnedd Uchaf, Foel Llefn, Drum and finally Tal y Fan. You could continue onward to Conwy if you wished,
Wild Camping in the North Carneddau – From Rachub to Capelulo Read More »
Having planned a totally different walk, and missing the bus due to a disagreement with Katy. Katy is a cider by the way, rather tasty and a tad stronger than anticipated. So instead of walking into the deepest wilds of Rhobell Fawr and Dduallt, I found myself in the back of the Padarn Bws to
Beddgelert to Capel Curig Via Cnicht and Allt Fawr Read More »
Bothying is something that we associate with Scotland rather than Wales, but there are a number of bothies in Wales. Dulyn Bothy in the Carneddau is the wildest of the Snowdonia bothies and this trip takes in as wild and pathless a route possible from Aber on the western side of the mountains, over the
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An interesting traverse across these hills via the Aberglaslyn Gorge. Leaves you with some problems returning to the start, but you can always continue to Capel Curig and catch a bus back, or make it into an epic walk and return to Beddgelert via the Bwlch Ehediad path. The Route This is a rather long
Cnicht and Ysgafell Wen from Beddgelert. Read More »
This is a two day backpacking route across the Carneddau that I walked as a very steady three day walk, wild camping for two nights. You could easily walk it in a day, or as a steady two day trip. As we were setting off early evening on the first day, it was essentially a
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