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

The weather forecast was for better a bit further south, so that’s the way we headed. We parked by the road in Rhyd-y-sarn, and walked up through some ancient atlantic rainforest – it was all very damp, but lovely! Over the top of the hill, we met the Ffestiniog railway, where it takes a big… Read more

The rain absolutely hammered down during the night – it woke us several times. But by the morning it had all calmed down, although the forecast was for showers & a fresh breeze all day.  So we went to Portmeirion. We spent an hour or so ambling around the “village”, along with several coach parties.… Read more

The forecast was for intermittent showers and extremely fierce winds, so not a day for the high tops! And anyway, we needed to pick up a few essentials, so we went into Bangor – it was very quiet, being a Sunday. Shopping done, we walked over the hill by the university, and then along the… Read more

We packed the car and were on the way very soon after 10am. We only had the very occasional traffic hitch, and were across the border into Wales by lunchtime. We stopped at a lovely pub near Flint, where the landlady was on her own but doing a fantastic job, very cheerfully By the time… Read more