The new business at the Glyndyfrdwy lay-by.
Young lambs being fed.
Two young lambs lying low!
The path leading to Coed Ty'n-y-graig.
The Eglwyseg Escarpments from the Tyn-y-graig path.
Panorama from the Tyn-y-graig path, including the Llantysilio Mountains and the Eglwyseg Escarpments.
The Afon Row Valley from the Coed Ty'n-y-graig bridleway.
Heading towards open moorland.
On the way to open moorland.
The path across open moorland.
An isolated tree in the middle of the moorland.
A young self-seeded sapling showing new growth.
Moel Fferna still looks a long way off - looks like a late lunch for us!
At lunch.
Distant mountains, looking west from our lunch spot.
The Berwyns from our lunch spot.
It's all downhill from here.
This is one sheep that didn't get to go to market!
These sheep looked as though they wanted to follow Nigel through the gate.
The start of our descent through Nanty Pandy.
Nant y Pandy.
The wheel house in Nant y Pandy.
The fallen tree across the path in Nant y Pandy.
No wonder I didn't find it easy to get round it!
Fallen trees in Nant y Pandy.
Nant y Pandy.
It's all easy from now on.
Distance: 9.8 miles. Climb: 1857’.
Time: 6 hours 2 minutes.
On the move walking average: 2.2 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 1.6 m.p.h.
Temperature: 11 Celsius at the start. 8.2 Celsius to 10.2 Celsius on the walk.
Beaufort Wind Force: 0 – 2. Max 7.2 m.p.h. Light breeze.
Group: Martyn and Nigel.
The start point for the walk was the usual lay-by in Glyndyfrdwy that we know as the Butterfly Man Lay-by. The Butterfly Man business no longer exists, so perhaps we should now call it the Ruth Lee Lay-by after the business that is next to the lay-by.
We weren’t sure about what sort of weather we would get, but we were hopeful that any rain would pass through before we set off. The forecast was for temperature around 10 Celsius, but feeling cooler than that. Once again, the forecasters were pretty accurate, and we were grateful to leave our fleeces on s we had lunch shielded from the wind by stone wall of wind break shelter on the top of Moel Fferna.
Distant views from Moel Fferna were quite hazy, although we could just about make out the Berwyns and the higher peaks in Eryri.
The early part of the walk took on along a pleasant bridleway, above the Afon Ro valley, initially through the edge of a wood, and eventually onto open moorland.
In the main, conditions underfoot were good, although as we approached the summit, we had to negotiate water filled ruts in the track, and the usual boggy section of peat.
Time: 6 hours 2 minutes.
On the move walking average: 2.2 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 1.6 m.p.h.
Temperature: 11 Celsius at the start. 8.2 Celsius to 10.2 Celsius on the walk.
Beaufort Wind Force: 0 – 2. Max 7.2 m.p.h. Light breeze.
Group: Martyn and Nigel.
The start point for the walk was the usual lay-by in Glyndyfrdwy that we know as the Butterfly Man Lay-by. The Butterfly Man business no longer exists, so perhaps we should now call it the Ruth Lee Lay-by after the business that is next to the lay-by.
We weren’t sure about what sort of weather we would get, but we were hopeful that any rain would pass through before we set off. The forecast was for temperature around 10 Celsius, but feeling cooler than that. Once again, the forecasters were pretty accurate, and we were grateful to leave our fleeces on s we had lunch shielded from the wind by stone wall of wind break shelter on the top of Moel Fferna.
Distant views from Moel Fferna were quite hazy, although we could just about make out the Berwyns and the higher peaks in Eryri.
The early part of the walk took on along a pleasant bridleway, above the Afon Ro valley, initially through the edge of a wood, and eventually onto open moorland.
In the main, conditions underfoot were good, although as we approached the summit, we had to negotiate water filled ruts in the track, and the usual boggy section of peat.
The burnt smell and charred remains of the heather left by the moorland fire was very noticeable around the Moel Fferma summit. The fire happened around the 20th March 2025.
We saw lots of very young lambs, one of which still had part of its umbilical cord attached. In addition, we saw a good number of Barn swallows, so we can say with confidence “Summer has arrived”!
Overall, a very enjoyable walk despite the fallen tree we had to negotiate in Nant y Pandy.
As there was only the two of us, we did a fare amount of stopping to listen and try to identify the bird song that were hearing. It took three hours to get to our Moel Fferna lunch spot, but 1 hour of that time we were stationary listening to the call of the birds
Birds seen or heard today: House sparrow, Dunnock, Goldfinch, Jackdaw, Common blackbird, Carrion crow, Chiffchaff, Willow warbler, Blue tit, European robin, Common buzzard, Great tit, Woodpigeon, Greenfinch, Song thrush, Mallard, Winter wren, Skylark, Meadow pipit, Blackcap, Common chaffinch, Raven, Barn swallow and Common pheasant.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Sun Inn at Trevor, where Purple Moose’s Madog Bitter went down well.
We saw lots of very young lambs, one of which still had part of its umbilical cord attached. In addition, we saw a good number of Barn swallows, so we can say with confidence “Summer has arrived”!
Overall, a very enjoyable walk despite the fallen tree we had to negotiate in Nant y Pandy.
As there was only the two of us, we did a fare amount of stopping to listen and try to identify the bird song that were hearing. It took three hours to get to our Moel Fferna lunch spot, but 1 hour of that time we were stationary listening to the call of the birds
Birds seen or heard today: House sparrow, Dunnock, Goldfinch, Jackdaw, Common blackbird, Carrion crow, Chiffchaff, Willow warbler, Blue tit, European robin, Common buzzard, Great tit, Woodpigeon, Greenfinch, Song thrush, Mallard, Winter wren, Skylark, Meadow pipit, Blackcap, Common chaffinch, Raven, Barn swallow and Common pheasant.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Sun Inn at Trevor, where Purple Moose’s Madog Bitter went down well.
