9.5 miles (only!) The fabulous weather continues to hold. The stars at our camp last night were stunning, brilliant in a night sky with no light pollution for miles. A few bats and the ubiquitous sheep wandering about completed the evening show. We were up early after a windy but dry and warm night, and were on the trail by a bit after 0800, off to traverse the Rhinogs. We’d learned from our mistakes at Cadair Idris and checked both map and compass frequently, resulting in a fairly slow pace but no time lost Continue reading “Day 16: Llanbedr-Trawsfyndd-Caernarfon” →
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14.5 miles. We spent the morning and the majority of our miles on the very flat and very easy Mawddach Trail, which runs alongside the Afon Mawddach from Dolgellau and over 9.5 miles gradually opens into the Mawdadach Estuary at Barmouth. The views across the river to the Diffys and Rhinogs were fantastic, giving us a glimpse of the much more remote and rugged area we’ll be traveling through tomorrow. The tide was all the way in, submerging Continue reading “Day 15: Dolgellau-Barmouth-Llanbedr” →
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15.0 miles. Had a glorious day to summit Cadair Idris, near Dolgellau – sunny and warm, with a warm southerly breeze. We bussed early in the morning to Abergynolwyn and after getting out of town (with one stop to visit and castle) we took a long but gradually climbing path that eventually met up with the moat commonly used track, the “pony path.” Reaching the summit took another 1.5 hours of steeper but not technically difficult walking, and once up there we could see about 30 miles in all directions! We could even see the summit Continue reading “Day 14: Cadair Idris” →
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