The weather has been so bad recently that, last Monday, while the sun was out (and, crucially, no rain was forecast) I simply had to take the opportunity to go for a long walk. Bear in mind that almost every day, from our home, we gaze across the estuary at several mountains – Hebog, Snowdon, Cnicht and the Moelwyns, Mawr and Bach. (See pic 1 for our view of the last of these). So, it was a tough decision to make, as all of them have their merits but, in the end, I settled on a walk up to Moelwyn Mawr and across to its smaller neighbour, Moelwyn Bach, from the small village of Croesor.

I did this walk nearly two years ago, with my golfing buddy, Ian, so I decided to make it a little different this time by taking the direct (unmarked) route down from Moelwyn Bach. And a good decision it was, as the path was wide, grassy and firm, (see pic 22) with only the last 150 yards or so, along the flat, slightly undefined and squelchy underfoot.

I only saw 4 other people all day and, by pure chance, that was 2 on the very top of Moelwyn Mawr (a guy with his grown up son) and 2 ladies on the top of Moelwyn Bach. On the first occasion, I was surprised to see the 2 guys, as I was busy taking photos of the views and, on the second, one of the ladies was surprised to see me as I was sheltering from the wind behind the summit cairn having my lunch! (I at least had heard their voices as they approached).