Yesterday I decided to revisit the Victorian mine on Conwy mountain and Jj came too. The quickest way to get there is without doubt following a straight line uphill from Roland Youngs yard on the Morfa but its also the most tiring as its basically a vertical climb and at this time of year you'll be fighting your way through the dense ferns. I thought I'd give you the directions over the mountain instead as it's not so much of a hike and it's a lot more picturesque.
Jj usually wears a cat harness (I got her the smallest dog harness but she just walks out of it as it's way too big) I decided today to use a collar and lead. Jj is really friendly bless her and likes to greet everyone we encounter and so when the town is busy it's just easier and a lot quicker to carry her.
I put her down on Bangor road, she was reluctant to walk, I thought she was tired so I picked her up again and carried on a little further towards the Iron railway bridge near the Morfa. This is no good I thought I don't want her to think she's a Paris Hilton dog, I got Jj to come walking not sit in a handbag with a dress on so I put her down again. As I tugged on the lead for her to walk she began bucking like a rabbit and yelping, she was adamant that she wasn't walking with the collar. Can you believe that stubborn little tyke, she'd have to be on a lead up the mountain and so I had to walk all the way back to the house to get her piggin' cat harness.
Right harness on we tried again and this time she was quite happy. We reached the Iron bridge and followed the path up past Beechwood Court the Christian retreat? whatever that means, I can't help but be suspicious of the place
Following the road up we came to a style and then crossed over onto the mountain path. The views from this path over towards Conwy are magnificent I do love living here. (Pic 1) and (pic 2)
We reached the cross roads at the top (pic 3) The large rock you see in front of you is where people practice rock climbing.......bit out of my league though I'd break my neck. We took the path round to the right. As soon as Jj and I reached the path no more than 20 steps ahead you can see a sheep path leading down and round to the right (you can see it in pic 4) it's important you don't miss this path as otherwise you go too high and you'll have to navigate back down quite a way to reach the Mine. Just follow the trail for roughly 15 minutes and you can't miss the mine. We passed a large standing stone facing out to sea and a clever sheep that found it easier to eat the grass on his knees? Not seen that before. It was by this marker stone we ate our chicken and bacon sandwiches and had a drink. In pic 5 you can see the dog water bottle I bought for Jj it's ideal for her.