Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)

[Cambrian]

It's such a sad mess now. I can recall it use 30 years or so ago and the grounds were very neat and tidy. There was a board on the front with the name and denomination.  Gwynant is probably on the right  lines but I think it may have been Ty'n y Celyn.

[Hugo]

           I've come in late on this one Hugo, (ongoing computer problems.......),and I've never noticed it when driving that route, but going solely on your "Clues Cymraeg" I'll have shot at Capel Coed Celyn, but I can't seem to get any info on it!

You are on the right lines Gwynant with the clues Cymraeg.     Welsh property names often reflected where they were and this is the same with the Chapel.   It's  called Capel Tan Y Celyn  (Chapel below the Holly )
Tellytubby and I had a drive around the area yesterday and found a parking space nearby and walked along the A470 to it.  The door was open so we went in and took some photos.
I couldn't find much about it on the internet other than a planning  application was made in 2007 to convert it to a private house but the application was later withdrawn.   It's a dangerous road and location and I wouldn't like to live there because of that.

[Hugo]

If you go on this walk you will pass this structure, but where is it in N Wales?         

[Hugo]

You can get to the structure this way.           

[Hugo]

Or this way.         

[Gwynant]

           Wild guess, is it in the Malltraeth Estuary?

[Hugo]

That's a very good guess Gwynant and I can see why you thought it was the Malltraeth estuary but it isn't.    It is by an estuary but where is it?       

[Hugo]

Here's a photo of the river, perhaps this may help?

[Cambrian]

R Cefni near Malltraeth ??

[Hugo]

Good try Cambrian but it's not on Anglesey.

[Hugo]

Another photo of the river

[Hugo]

Time for another photo of the river.

[Hugo]

Yet another shot of the river, this should help.

[Gwynant]

              The recent photos of the river make me think that it could be the Afon Glaslyn as it looks like the Rhinogs in the distance, or failing that the next one down the coast, the Afon Dwyryd. Incidentally I have just come back from a walk on the Orme and it was snowing heavily at the summit at about 11am, but once it blew through the visibility was so clear that you could see the big cranes on the container terminal  in Liverpool with the naked eye!

[Hugo]

You are spot on with the Rhinogs but not with the river, you'll pass this building on the way, so where is it?     


Hope that you enjoyed your walk on the Orme despite the snow and as you say the visibility afterwards is excellent. With the naked eye I can see Ireland, the Isle of Man, Cumbria and the Wirral as I'm posting this