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    • Vegan EV TravellersEV PHOTO TOUR 2023
      Day 126

      HOT

      September 4, 2023 in Wales ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

      To get to this viewpoint one has to do a bit of uphill walking. Usually not too difficult, but today it was so hot, we nearly didn't make it with the heavy camera gear..
      But the view of the mountain Tryfan in the evening sun was fantastic! The river Afon served perfectly as a foreground.
      Tryfan is a mountain in the Snowdonia National Park in Wales. It is 3,546 feet (1,081 m) tall and is one of the most popular mountains in Snowdonia.
      The name "Tryfan" is thought to come from the Welsh words "trwyn" (nose) and "fan" (peak), and refers to the mountain's distinctive profile.      Read more

    • TravelerWalkThroughWalesOnCambrianWay

      Idwal hostel, CP36 to Pen Yr Ole Wen

      June 22, 2022 in Wales ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

      I walked this part of the route 6-7 years ago in low cloud, today was glourious, with an occasional welcome breeze. Left YHA Idwal hostel 09:15, bought a sausage roll for lunch and a Magnum for now from kiosk next door. Walking the 1.7 miles along south shore of Llyn Ogwen on the A5 passed lots of people preparing to ascend the climbers paradise that is Tryfan (pronounced Tre-ven in English) and some fishermen. Stopped for a chat, discovered they were fishing for rainbow trout but “they weren’t biting” as so often seems the lament of fishmen!

      At the end of the Llyn Ogwen I turned left/north onto a short access road. Soon passed what looked like a retirement home. I could see rows of upright chairs through a window but it all seemed to be closed and there was no one around. I wondered if there were staff shortages like behind my brother and sister-in-law’s John and Jay’s house in Turiff? Or perhaps Brexit? Or maybe no enough clients? Researching later I discovered this is the 32 bed Glan Dena Hut owned by the Midland Association of Mountaineers.

      A hundred yards later passed the only other building, a farm, and entered National Trust land with signage reading - no fires (sensible), no drones (seemed a little churlish) and no wild camping - umm. Walked a short distance west to the two foot bridges over the Afon Lloer (Lloer stream) to that are checkpoints on the Cambrian Way then back to the east side to begin ascent over mostly grassy ground. OS Map suggests ascend east side of stream, Cambrian Way guidebook suggests west side of stream, National Trust signs said follow the waymarked path - but of course, there weren’t any. I chose the east and was keeping pace with two middle aged chaps with day packs who chose the west side of the stream so with my 16kg pack I reckoned I chose the easier side.

      The 1000’/350m up the Afon Lloer over a mile/1.6km was variously grassy, rocky and with short 6-8’ scrambles. Towards the top I filled up the water I had used so far today as it is the last I would see for 36 hours. To filter water I am using the excellent Grayl water filter loaned to me by my daughter Angharad that she used in the Far East. It makes about 450ml in under a minute.

      Midland Association of Mountaineers
      Glan Dena Hut
      Capel Curig,
      Betws y Coed
      https://www.themam.co.uk/index.php/huts/glan-de…      Read more

    • TravelerWalkThroughWalesOnCambrianWay

      Check points 37 & 38 and end of day 39

      June 22, 2022 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

      Final section is called the Carneddau comprising 11 peaks on a ridge of 16.5 miles. After the third peak each is progressively lower than the previous. The first six are over 3000’/915m. The third and highest, Carnedd Llewelyn, is only 65’/21m lower than Snowdon. Perhaps because they do not ‘quite’ have the record they are less visited, including by me. I have never been to any of these peaks, my only knowledge of them is what I have read. There is a Bwlch (saddle) between each peak, so navigation was an easy task of walk up one peak, walk down to the Bwlch, then up the next peak. At least it was easy for me because weather was still glorious for the fourth day. Because they are so high they are often in cloud so I was privileged to see them all in sunshine.

      The first was the hardest - Pen Yr Ole Wen. It began with a Crag of 100’/30m facing due east. I tried three routes up, twice driven back. Part way up the third it occurred to me, surely Tony Drake, the author of the Cambrian Way, had not intended a climb on what was a hiking route with a few scrambles. When I got to the top, ahead of me was a walker who had been below me before I started ascending. He must have overtaken me via another route. A few people on the top and the guidebook confirmed I should have walked further round the mountain where there was an easier route from the north. I had seen a party walk this way but they had stopped beside the tarn so assumed the route only lead there.

      Once on top of the Crag the path was a straightforward steep walk to the top of Pen Yr Ole Wen. The route up and down the next peak Carnedd Dayfydd 3423’/1044m (check point 37) was over square stone blocks 3-4” across. This was hard going because these are ankle breaking sizes. Surface improved to a worn track to peak 3 Carnedd Llewelyn 3485’/1062m (check point 38). Then was the delight of grass down the next Bwlch (Gwaun y Garnedd) and up Foel Grach 3202’/976m, itself surrounded by rocks. This was my wild camp pitch for the night at 3100’/950m but the sun was blazing, breeze was just the occasional zephyr, the view was magnificent and the pegs went in all the way.      Read more

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