I don’t have tick lists as such, but one of my goals is to walk up to the top of all of the mountains that we can see from our house. Moel Hebog is the one which is more or less in the centre of the banner picture at the top of my site and is 782m or 2,566ft high. I’m surprised it’s taken my this long to do it, but on Sunday, with the heatwave still going strong, I set off from the car park between Nantmor and the Aberglaslyn bridge. After 2 minutes, I realised that I was heading in the wrong direction, but I was glad in a way as otherwise I wouldn’t have captured the two butterflies in pics 1 and 2 below. 😀
The route follows the east side of the river (or afon) Glaslyn to the quaint little village of Beddgelert (which was packed with tourists) before heading almost directly up to the summit. From the top, with my binoculars, I could just about make out our house through the heat haze, but the views in all directions were fantastic. Not only that but, while I sat and ate my lunch, I was treated to a fly past by a red kite and several Wall Browns living up to their names on the dry stone wall leading up to the summit cairn.
On my return, I’d hoped to see one of the Welsh Highland Railway steam trains passing by, but I had to be content with a shot of one in the Beddgelert station. (See pic 31).
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Looks a lovely walk even in the heat!
Nice shot of the Wall Brown, I’ve seen more this year (about 7) than for a very long time. Their numbers crashed over here, they were quite common when I was a kid.
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Thanks Brian. There were a few of them around and they had me going up and down the wall as they took flight and settled again. I’ve seen some others near to where we live as well, so they are one of the more common ones around here.
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Those blackberries look very jam-worthy 🙂
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Yes, seedless jam is already in the jar and more is in progress. We have so many around here, (I just picked another 2.25kg) Jude has made some into vinegar and is currently working on Blackberry Liqueur!
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Lovely photos. It is a great idea to walk all the summits you can see from your house. How many do you have to do?
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Thanks Mélodie. Actually I’ve done the major ones now. Moving further to the right on my banner photo we have:
Snowdon – https://alittlebitoutoffocus.com/2022/03/27/snowdon-walk-snowdonia-national-park-north-wales/
Cnicht – https://alittlebitoutoffocus.com/2021/06/25/cnicht-walk-snowdonia-national-park-north-wales/ and
The Moelwyns – https://alittlebitoutoffocus.com/2022/03/20/moelwyn-mawr-and-moelwyn-bach-walk-gwynedd-north-wales/
The main ones left are the smaller lumps to the left, which include Moel y Gest and perhaps the Glyders, at least one of which is just about visible beyond Snowdon. But there are plenty of others to explore further afield. 😊
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Wonderful gallery of shots, Mike!
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Also found this one in the Spam list. (All the rest really were spam). Not sure why you were singled out. Maybe now you’re approved it will be OK next time.
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Your next post, we will find out. As soon as I see one from you, I’ll try to read it early on so you can keep an eye out for me. 😉
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I think we’re now back in sync! (Happy dance!) 😊👍👍🍾
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woot woot 😊👍👍🍾
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Wonderful collection of captures, Mike! Love those rushing waters’ compositions and the huge, vast views. Nice!!
Typing this, I can see I have to log in to leave this comment. I filled out the log in. Let’s see what happens…..here we go.
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Thanks Donna. I didn’t get an email for this comment, so I logged in to WP, couldn’t see it under Comments and I found it in my Spam list… Not sure what the criteria is to get put in there… 🤔
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P.S. I have received emails for your Likes (of my comments on your site).
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Hmmmmm…..frustrating!
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Got an email to this one! 👍😊
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🤗
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