Crossing t6he Afon Aber for the first time.
The Afon Aber from the footbridge.
Our first view of Rhaeadre Fawr. Rhaeadre Fawr.
Rhaeadre-fawr. from the wst side.
The way ahead on the North Wales Path.
Lamb on the run.
The view from our lunch spot.
The high tops of the Carneddau - some with snow.
A good display of flowering gorse.
Ewes on the lower slopes with two lambs.
The view from our lunch spot.
The quiet country lane leading to Crymlyn.
Walk Stats:
Distance: 9.6 miles. Climb: 1365’ (Possibly wind assisted GPS reading).
Time: 5 hours 5 minutes.
On the move walking average: 2.4 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 1.9 m.p.h.
Temperature: 6.6 – 17.4 Celsius
Beaufort Wind Force: 4, a Moderate breeze as we headed along the North Wales Path at the highest point of our walk.
Group: Martyn and Ed.
The weather forecast today was really good, but and this brought out lots of others that wanted to take advantage of the forecasted warm and sunny day. Arriving at Abergwyngregyn, we just about got the final parking spot!
We have never seen so many cars parked at Abergwyngregyn and around the higher parking area used for visiting Aber Falls.
All the way to the falls there was a steady stream of people – good to see lots of families out as well.
Arriving at Rhaeadre-fawr it wasn’t easy to take a photo without people being in it as well.
Rhaeadre-fawr was pretty impressive today with lots of water crashing down. Near the falls, the temperature dropped to 6.6 Celsius, when the rest of the walk we experience temperatures above 10 Celsius.
Once on the west side of the valley we escaped from the main tourists and had much of the route to ourselves, seeing one walker, one runner and a farmer out checking his sheep.
It was good to see so many lambs on the hills.
Lunch was taken on the side of the North Wales Path, with good views towards Anglesey and Puffin Island. It was a good sheltered spot in the Sun.
Part of the route after lunch involved using a pleasant minor road that gave good views towards the coast and Llanfairfechan.
Arriving back at the car, even more cars had parked up, many of them in places that weren’t appropriate!
Birds seen or heard today included: Carrion crow, Jackdaw, European robin, Common blackbird, Blue tit, Common buzzard), Common chaffinch, Wood nuthatch, House sparrow, Song thrush, Common chaffinch, Wheatear, Meadow pipit, Woodpigeon and Skylark.
Overall a very enjoyable walk – a one shirt one handkerchief day, a testimony to the perfect weather for walking experienced today.
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