Day 56 Devil's Bridge to Claerddu bothy

Tuesday: Up early away 11:30

From Llyn Fyrddon Fawr and Llyn Fyrddon Fach the final ¾ mile of the route was downhill to Claerddu bothy. When I arrived there was a party of 3 friends from Manchester in the Bothy. Richard, Tracy and Wayne had a fire going in the grate and had cleared litter left by previous parties. Having arrived by car, that was parked 600 yards away on the nearest road, they had been able to take bin bags of rubbish back to their car. They were a friendly bunch that it was a pleasure to spend an evening with. When they learned my age, they were kind enough to say they assumed I was younger. I was forced to agee with them!

When Kevin (who I had met at Woodlands campsite 2 weeks ago, and exchanged phone numbers with) arrived here 2 weeks ago, there were 2 parties each of 8 Duke of Edinburgh students. Understandably he elected not to stay. Instead walking on to wild camp beside the Teifi lakes a mile south. I was fortunate to not have the same fate.

Arrival and departure times from features visited today.
11:30 Left Woodlands Café
12:07 After getting a lift to The Arch I began walking.
13:10 Stile at SN 78492 74930 / 52.35893, -3.78571 Is broken. No posts and both steps laying on the ground.
14:58 Rest stop on Esgair Milwyn above Cwmystwyth
15:25 restarted walking
16:11 Top of Domen Milwyn
17:45 Arrived Claerddu bothy

8.6 miles with 1972' of ascent from Devil's Bridge to Claerddu bothy completed at end of 56th day of walking.
Total miles so far : 527
Miles in 2026 : 117
Weather : Overcast morning with occasional sunny interval. After sunny with light breeze.
Number of people passed : 2
Objective tomorrow : Garn GronRead more