If anyone has driven up the Crimea Pass from the Betws Y Coed direction they may have noticed a tramway on the right hand side at the top of the pass. That was the walk we did on Thursday, it's a linnear walk from the Crimea Pass to Roman Bridge.
The walk itself starts from across the road to the Gwynedd boundary sign and near to a handy layby. Go over the stile and you come on to thetramway that takes you down to an abandoned slate quarry and all along the tramway you are rewarded with stunning views of the countryside and Moel Siabod looked impressive in the morning sunshine. My photos don't do justice to the beauty of the area and Tellytubby, old Uncle Albert and I all think that this is one of the best walks we have ever done and find it strange that not many people do this walk. In fact we have only come across two walkers on the whole route.
At the old quarry workings we stopped for refreshments but not before we had a look at the newly improved air vent for the railway tunnel that was immediately below us.
As we were having something to eat we heard the sound of a Cuckoo nearby, quickly followed by the sound of another Cuckoo across the valley
After lunch we left the bleak landscape of this old industrial location and headed downhill to the meadows and wooded area of the Upper Lledr valley. Near the bottom of the walk in a truly peaceful location is an old slab bridge leading to the ruins of an old Chapel. It was so quiet there and all we could hear was the sound of a small waterfall and also the Cuckoo which seemed to be following us all day.
At the end of the dirt track you come on to a tarmac lane and this area is known as Blaenau Dolwyddelan and is a strange place, there seems to have been as many chapels there as are houses. Opposite the first chapel we came to was a public footpath that took us across a couple of nice bridges to our second car which was parked by the Roman Bridge railway station. It was a great walk but hard going at times but at least we can still do it. For now anyway
