The Carneddau from our stat point in Abergwyngregyn.
A Grey heron on the Afon Aber at Abergwyngregyn.
Tourist parking habits must be a problem on this road leading to the Aber Falls Car Park.
The notice board at the entrance to the Aber Falls Walk.
The Afon Rhaeadr-fawr.
Our first clear view of Rhaeadr-fawr.
A glimpse of Rhaeadr-bach.
At the base of Rhaeadr-fawr.
Rhaeadr-fawr.
Rhaeadr-fawr close up.
The Sun wasn't in the right place for taking a picture of Rhaeadr-bach.
On the North Wales Path / Pilgrim's Way .
Frog spawn next to the path.
Carneddau mountain ponies on the lower slopes of Moel Wnion.
Distant views of Rhaeadr-fawr and Rhaeadr-bach.
More frog spawn.
Yet more frog spawn.
Our afternoon view across the sea to Puffin Island and Anglesey.
Beaumaris Castle from our lunch spot.
The view from our lunch spot.
Hawthorn coming into leaf.
You can always guarantee that Gorse will give you a splash of colour.
Lesser celandine coming in flower.
Lambs seen in afield near Glyn.
More lambs in the field near Glyn.
The now closed St. Bodfan's Church at Abergwyngregyn.
Distance: 9.5 miles. Climb: 1388’
Time: 5 hours 29 minutes.
On the move walking average: 2.4 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 1.7 m.p.h.
Temperature: 16 Celsius at the start. Around 17.3 Celsius for the whole walk.
Beaufort Wind Force: 0 – 4. In the main, just a Gentle breeze, although at the highest point on the walk, it did gust to a 13. m.p.h. Moderate breeze.
Group: Martyn and Mike.
The weather was rather forecast today was looking good, good enough to risk it being the first shorts day of the year.
Half way up the road from Abergwyngregyn to footpath leading to Aber Falls, a car stopped by us. It turned out to be my Godson, Tom with his two sons and a friend. Like us they were heading to the falls, quite a challenge for his two young sons Ted and Charlie.
The walk to the falls is always very popular, and today was no exception, so it was pretty lucky to be able to take photos of Rhaeadr Fawr without including people in the shot.
We saw a few people along he North Wales Path as we went past Rhaeadr Bach, but it wasn’t long before we had the path to ourselves.
As we contoured around Ffridd Ddu, we had good views across the sea to Puffin Island and Anglesey.
We found a couple of flattish rocks to sit on as we had lunch in the warm sunshine.
The weather was warm enough to bring a few bees out looking for suitable flowers. Soe of the hedgerows were showing leaves and lesser celandine were quite frequent along the roadside verges.
Birds seen or heard today: House sparrow, Dunnock, Goldfinch, Jackdaw, Common blackbird, Carrion crow, Meadow pipit, Skylark, Common chaffinch, Blue tit, European robin, Black billed magpie, Common buzzard, Herring gull and Great tit.
Overall, a very enjoyable walk in perfect weather conditions and largely dry underfoot.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Britannia Inn at Halkyn. The Brit was quite busy today, with people from several touring caravans on site.
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