Our last day – and the forecast was bright & breezy, especially on Anglesey, so we headed up to Moelfre on the east coast. Our route took us inland around Din Lligwy, on a gallop through history, … We found a sheltered bench in a churchyard for our picnic Then we headed up to Yr Read more

Intermittent showers… We parked in Trefriw and walked up the Crafnant valley to Llyn Geirionydd. We walked along the side of the lake to the top end, where we watched two horse-riders help give an obedience lesson to a young dog. Then we turned up through the woods and over the flank of Mynydd Deulyn Read more

The forecast looked horrible… So we thought it would be a good day for the traditional Welsh activity of visiting the slate mine at Blaenau Ffestiniog. Unfortunately, it was closed on an out-of-season Wednesday! And the weather wasn’t too bad after all, so instead we went on to Betwys-y-Coed, for a walk in the woods. Read more

Well, at the weekend, the forecast for today was glorious sunshine… today, not so much! But it looked like it would probably be mostly ok, especially along the northern coast. We parked by Nefyn beach. The tide was in, so we had to walk along the clifftop rather than along the beach itself. It got Read more

Sunshine! Well, maybe an odd passing shower, but mainly sunny. We parked behind the castle, and headed up the mountain – the views just got better & better. We dropped down the far side to the Sychnant pass – if you stood in just the right place, you could see right down the valley to Read more

Rain, rain, rain… Quite warm rain, but nevertheless wet… So into Caernarfon, where we nipped into Tesco for some essentials, then to the castle which has (for the most part) a roof. There were artworks in the castle to celebrate the makers (and several more which we didn’t get round to seeing): By this time Read more

The forecast was for sunny intervals but very windy, so no high hills today either! But first some admin – the farm shop up the road looks like a garden shed, but provided us with some excellent meats. We actually started in Tal-y-bont, so we would end next to the pub – planning ahead! We Read more

The forecast was for bright & breezy, although with the cloud base at 900m then the high tops would be no good – we’re not climbing a mountain with no views from the top! So we chose Tal-Y-Fan, at the eastern end of the Carneddau. We walked up through the woods above Rowen, and along Read more

Again, the forecast was better further north. We parked in Niwbwrch, which was ‘”new” in 1295 when the people of Llanfaes were evicted by Edward I so he could build Beaumaris Castle. We headed west through the forest – it was originally Forestry Commission conifers, but now is much more mixed. We saw a shrew Read more

The weather forecast was better for the north & west, so we headed right to the end of the Lleyn peninsula, and parked in Aberdaron. There was one small passing shower as we left the car park, and then the weather just got better and better. We walked west along the coast path, up & Read more