• Barmouth walking festival day 4

    September 18, 2018 in Wales ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    Tuesday
    More rain forecast and gale force winds so again felt it best to choose a route to keep off the highest mountains. Pity because the two highest routes went through areas I would like to have seen as they are next on my Cambrian Way walk. Organisers felt the same and replaced the two high level walks with one at lower level. Parked 8 miles east of Barmouth near Llanelltyd. Walked north towards Rhinogs and Craig-y-Cae, west through forest, south through Cwm Mynach then East along a splendid old tram track at high level with speldid views over the estuary, edged with old pieces of rail - new precipice walk before returning to cars.

    For the evening the Barmouth walking festival had organised a social event of a curry at Min-y-Mor pub.
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