On the 19th December last year (which seems quite a long time ago now) the weather forecast was set to be blue skies all around – and you can’t say that too often in North Wales! I therefore decided to do a walk from our new home to one of the smaller summits nearby. Moel Ysgyfarnogod* is only 623 metres (2,044 ft) high, but it provides fabulous views all around and especially across the Glaslyn-Dwyryd* estuary.

Despite the glorious weather, I hardly saw a soul all day, but I was a little taken aback to be stood face-to-face with the animals in pic no. 24.

The first few photos below were taken about an hour before I set off, but I thought I’d include them as they sort of set the scene for what’s to come… (and there’s more tomorrow. 😊)

* I plan to do a post on the Welsh alphabet some time (soon, I promise) to help you to at least try to read and pronounce these words correctly. Many of you may be surprised to learn that there are 29 letters in the Welsh alphabet (despite there being no k, q, v, x or z). Certainly I was!

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  1. picpholio Avatar

    My compliments for these nice shots and taking us on your walk. I was very surpriced about the Welsh alphabet. This was new for me. Have a nice weekend Mike.

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    1. Alittlebitoutoffocus Avatar

      Many thanks. They have 7 vowels too – the usual 5 plus w and y. (Not a lot of people know that!) Have a great weekend too.

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  2. Anita Avatar

    Another absolutely fantastic collection of landscape images. Picture 24, what a wonderful surprise and the old letterbox looks the same as the mailboxes in Malta 🙂

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    1. Alittlebitoutoffocus Avatar

      Thank you Anita – it all looks a bit different to Cyprus/Malta, not to mention Switzerland! I gave those llamas a wide berth as they looked slightly menacing – and they were much taller than me! The post box is engraved with a ‘GR’ for George the 5th and, Google tells me that, it would have been installed between 1910 and 1936. I guess you may well have had some of those in Malta too.

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  3. blhphotoblog Avatar

    Bet you felt breathless after scaling that great summit!

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    1. Alittlebitoutoffocus Avatar

      Rather strangely I find it harder to walk up a 600m UK ‘hill’ than a 1,000m Swiss peak! The underfoot conditions are somewhat soggier and rockier! It certainly seems more difficult. Still good fun though (on a fine day!) 😊

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