Glyder Fach with Emily as 'glamour' in the background. She bravely tried to assist me off the rock

Rocky landscape between Glyder Fawr and Glyder Fach

Glyder Fach in the distance right of picture. Castell y Gwynt (castle of winds) extreme right

One of the many cairns with another castellated feature behind

Even bigger stones! Glyder Fach in the distance, Castell y Gwynt in middle distance

Castell y Gwynt (castle of winds). I climbed over this. Discovered I could have walked around -argh!

Looking back to the section of Castell y Gwynt I just climbed over

Glyder Fach check point 35

June 21, 2022 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

From Glyder Fawr the walk is level across a rocky landscape. The pieces of stone are very hard that crashed together like glass as I walked over them. After the rocking landscape is the high rocky outcrop of Castell y Gwynt (castle of the winds) comprised of huge slabs of rock standing on end like needles. It was exhausting to climb over them. Once the other side more ‘moon surface’ rocks to Glyder Fach a few hundred yards further. At the bottom I removed my rucksack to clamber over huge rocks like beach boulders the size of cars to get the 40’ to top of Glyder Fach. It was MUCH harder to ascend than Glyder Fawr.Read more