Looking down over Abergwyngregyn.
Looking towards Penrhyn Castle and Anglesey.
Looking over Abergwyngregyn towards the Great Orme.
Looking over Abergwyngregyn towards the Great Orme.
The northern Carneddau from the point where we joined the North Wales Path.
A delightful section of the North Wales Path.
Eryri's Mountains.
Eryri's Mountains.
Penrhyn Castle from Tal-y-bont
Sailing on the Menai Straights.
The Spinnies Nature Reserve from the main hide.
Not a good photo, but you can just make out the Little egrets roosting at high tide.
One of four Mute swans on the sea at Aber-Ogwen.
The wonderful sound of the sea.
The coastal panorama from Coed Gyfynys.
The view of the Great Orme (looking like an island) and the Little Orme as we approached Cwrtiau.
I may not look easier, but it's better than it was!
Part of the raft of Wigeon on the sea near Cwrtiau.
Walk stats: 8.9 miles. Climb: 1171Time: 5 hours 30 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.4 m.p.h.
Overall Walk average: 1.6 m.p.h.
Temperature: 14.8 Celsius at the start, but mainly around 11.8 Celsius
Beaufort Wind Force: Mainly 0-2. Mainly Calm, but did rise to a 7.5 m.p.h. Light breeze at the highest point in the walk (around 950’).
Group: Martyn and Mike.
The weather forecast looked good, in fact it turned out to be a perfect day for walking., not too hot, not too cold, very little wind and lots of sunshine.
This is one of my favourite walks although only reaching an elevation of about 950’, it gives superb views towards Puffin Island, Anglesey and the Great Orme. You also get good views of Eryri, particularly the northern peaks of the Carneddau.
After visiting The Spinnies Nature Reserve, we had lunch at the Aber Ogwen picnic site, before continuing along the coastal path back to Abergwyngregyn
Even the difficult bit on the path where lots of rubble has been dumped, was easier today, with some rubble placed to make it easier to climb from the beach up to the access track.
Birds seen or heard included: Carrion crow, Jackdaw, Meadow pipit, Stonechat, Red billed chough, Woodpigeon, Common blackbird, Blue tit, Coal tit, Black billed magpie, Little egret, Moorhen, Common coot, Mallard, Mute swan, Oystercatcher, Common redshank and Wigeon.
Overall, an enjoyable walk and capped with a visit to the Albion in Conwy, where Hafod Brewery’s Vanilla Stout went down well, as did the Gwynt-y-Draig’s Black Dragon cider.
Once again, home earlier enough to clean my boots outside and remove the evidence that we had been walking in sheep country!
Beaufort Wind Force: Mainly 0-2. Mainly Calm, but did rise to a 7.5 m.p.h. Light breeze at the highest point in the walk (around 950’).
Group: Martyn and Mike.
The weather forecast looked good, in fact it turned out to be a perfect day for walking., not too hot, not too cold, very little wind and lots of sunshine.
This is one of my favourite walks although only reaching an elevation of about 950’, it gives superb views towards Puffin Island, Anglesey and the Great Orme. You also get good views of Eryri, particularly the northern peaks of the Carneddau.
After visiting The Spinnies Nature Reserve, we had lunch at the Aber Ogwen picnic site, before continuing along the coastal path back to Abergwyngregyn
Even the difficult bit on the path where lots of rubble has been dumped, was easier today, with some rubble placed to make it easier to climb from the beach up to the access track.
Birds seen or heard included: Carrion crow, Jackdaw, Meadow pipit, Stonechat, Red billed chough, Woodpigeon, Common blackbird, Blue tit, Coal tit, Black billed magpie, Little egret, Moorhen, Common coot, Mallard, Mute swan, Oystercatcher, Common redshank and Wigeon.
Overall, an enjoyable walk and capped with a visit to the Albion in Conwy, where Hafod Brewery’s Vanilla Stout went down well, as did the Gwynt-y-Draig’s Black Dragon cider.
Once again, home earlier enough to clean my boots outside and remove the evidence that we had been walking in sheep country!
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