Another Llugwy and Lledr Round 10th February 2024

Looking towards Pont y Pair Along the Afon Llugwy.

The Afon Llugwy west of Pont-y-Pair.

The Afon Llugwy west of Pont-y-Pair.

The Miners' Bridge over the afon Llugwy.

The watefalls above the Miners' Bridge.

Not quite a waterfall, but still quite impressive.

One of the better bts of Sarn Helen on the way to Rhiwddolion.

Some of the remains of the village, Rhiwddolion.

The view decending Sarn Helen on the way to Pont-y-Pant.

The Afon Lledr at Pont-y-Pant.

The Afon Lledr at Pont-y-Pant.

So that's how you get into a tent box!

Lledr Hall Education centre,

The view from my lunch spot.

The Afon Lledr from our lunch spot.

What's holding that up?

Yr Eryri on the skyline.

Crossing the footbridge over the Afon Lledr.

The Afon Lledr from the footbridge.

Fallen trees that we had to negotiate on our way to Llyn Elsi.

Yr Eryri - Glyders and Bristly Ridge.

Just a glimpse of Llyn elsi through the trees.

Walk Stats:
Distance: 9.3 miles. Climb: 1791’
Time: 5 hours 48 minutes.
On the move walking average: 2.3 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 1.6 m.p.h.
Temperature: 4.7 Celsius at the start. 5.6 Celsius at the start. 12.0 Celsius in bright sunshine at the highest point on Sarn Helen. 8.0 Celsius at lunch by the Afon Lledr. 8.8 Celsius by Llyn Elsi mid-afternoon.
Beaufort Wind Force: 1, at most just a Light Air
Group: Martyn, Mike and Ed.
This was a good day for walking and it wasn’t long before some of our outer garments were discarded.
There was plenty of water in both rivers giving good displays of lots of ware cascading over the rocks.
As ever the initial climb up Sarn Helen is quite tortuous as you have to watch your feet all the time.
However once we were past Rhiwddolion we came into bright sunshine and had good views of some of the high peaks in Yr Eryri.
Lunch was taken by the Afon Lledr east of Lledr Hall Education Centre.
After crossing the A470 and heading northward through the forest, we decided to take a slightly different route than usual ad follow some of the forest tracks to avoid one of the paths that we knew were notorious for being very boggy.
Unfortunately we didn’t realise that forest work had resulted in these tracks being less than perfect and in fat we had some felled trees to negotiate as well.
After a brief visit to see Llyn Elsi we descended on the usual forest tracks back to Betws-y-Coed.
We arrived back at the car having had a good walk and thankful to sit down and take the weight of our feet.
Birds seen or heard today included: Jackdaw, Carrion crow, Common blackbird, European robin, Woodpigeon, Blue tit, Wood nuthatch, Song thrush, Mistle thrush, Mallard and Raven.
Overall an enjoyable walk completed in more sunshine than we expected. After walk drinks were taken at the Eagle Hotel in Llanrwst, but unfortunately I can’t say I enjoyed my pint, it was well past its best and I would have taken it back had there been an alternative available!