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0 miles. Explored Caernarfon, mostly the massive, unfinished castle started by Edward 1. It’s really rather impressive and far, far larger than any of the other castles we’ve seen. Restocked our groceries and caught a late afternoon bus to the youth hostel at the Snowdon Ranger trailhead. Weather forecast for tomorrow isn’t great but should be good enough for a peak ascent even if the view’s a bit obscured.
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”
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”