Although we’ve experienced some gale force winds this weekend, the skies have been perfectly blue. So my new golfing buddy, Ian, and I decided to do a walk rather than attempt to whack an all too small round object into an only slightly larger hole. 🏌️♂️
The choice of walk was quite easy, for me anyway, as I stare at these “Moelwyns” every day – when it’s not raining of course. (You can see them to the far right of my banner picture). And what a treat we had…
Setting off from the small village of Croesor, the track gradually ascends to some disused slate quarry buildings and then turns sharply upwards to the back of Moelwyn Mawr (mawr meaning big) at 770m or 2,526ft. The 360 degree views were so impressive that I decided to take a video, which I’ve added after the usual photo gallery below, (though I’ve muted the sound as the noise of the wind was almost deafening!)
From there we dropped down and across Craigysgafn to the path, visible in pic 18, to the left, and then up to the top, of Moelwyn Bach (bach meaning small) at 710m or 2,329ft. It was then a case of retracing our steps to Bwlch Stwlan (bwlch meaning col or pass) and descending back to Croesor along Pant Mawr (meaning Big Hollow).
I hope you enjoy this walk as much as we did. 😊
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Amazing landscapes. My neck of the world suddenly seems very small. 😉
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Yes, many thanks for your comment. The mountains are not very high (compared to many) but they are beautiful nonetheless. 😊
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What a beautiful walk in the mountains 🙂 The panorama (video) is so nice to see. I can imagine it would be a bit warmer with less wind 😉 We also had windy day but this week will be fine with +18°C and almost 100% sunny. Thanks for sharing your mountain tour.
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You’re very welcome. It was certainly a lovely walk, despite the strong, gusting winds. Hopefully we won’t get too many more days like that this week or even month/year! 😊
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Awesome scenery and story.
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Thanks. The scenery is certainly different to Switzerland for sure!
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These are beautiful shots, what a great adventure, Mike! You’ve still got mountains to climb, not quite Swiss-size 😉 but you’re love to ascend and descend is still easily available when they beckon to you. I love the ladder bridge over the wire fence shot! Did you have to climb over it to continue the trail?
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Thanks Donna. Yes, I’m back on the trails… 😊 We didn’t cross that ladder stile, I think it’s used if you come up from Blaenau Ffestiniog, (in the next valley), but it does give the photo some interesting foreground!
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This hike looks amazing! What gorgeous scenery! Always love wide, open spaces!
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Thanks Pam. I’m now living in a new and exciting ‘zone’ for walking, so I hope to capture a lot more images throughout the summer!
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