Walking

[squiggle]

Think Gwynant or Hugo would have got it quite quickly!!

I don't think I would have though. I have been taken there quite a few times and am aware of aircraft meeting their end there (wasn't there supposed to be one stuck on a ledge of the rocks at one time?) I think the water level would have stumped me. My personal memory is somewhere dark and very deep.

[Jack]

Think this plane crashed higher up the cliffs above Llyn Dulyn and some wreckage might still be on a ledge. Here is a link to the C-47 crash and information about the American crew members killed: http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/pages/wales/wales43-48473.htm

[Hugo]

I think that there was at least one plane crash at Craig Yr Ysfa in Cwm Eigiau but we gave up looking for the wreckage as we had a steep walk ahead of us to come out of the valley.
If my memory serves me right I think that Jack had a walk with a group above Aber Falls and took a photo of an aeroplane engine in the middle of the river.  The weather conditions were poor and they had to cut the walk short and return home.

[Jack]

Yes Hugo that is right, the weather was awful that day. The engine of a Blackburn Botha lies in the stream above Aber Falls below the peak of Llwytmor. On the peak itself there is now little evidence of the German Heinkel bomber that crashed there in April 1941.

[Gwynant]

          I have walked past plane engine and undercarriage wreckage on the way down between Melynlyn to the ruined village at the head of Cwm Eigiau from the ridge between the two, (shown as Gledrffordd on the O.S. map, and where the "peat mounds" are), and they are also in a stream bed like the one in Hugo's photo. If you were on a recognised path (and we weren't) you would pass it and never see it. There must be many such sites in the Carneddau.

[Hugo]

We couldn't have been that far away from the wreckage then Gwynant. We walked through the valley then up to those peat mounds above Melynlyn and Dulyn.

[hiraeth]

I have so enjoyed looking through the photographs and comments on my favourite part of the world, Cwm Eigiau, Melinllyn and Dulyn. I have walked up there in all weathers, snow, mists, pouring rain, in the Spring and blazing hot summers. The peace and quiet and solitude of the place was magic, a great place to sort out your problems! I don't think i ever met a fellow walker up there. Sometimes I would park up in Bwlch Gaer, walk up Pen y Gaer to see the view and then following a path across to Dulyn often meeting wild ponies on the way..
As  my son said I would happily live in Cedryn in Cwm Eigiau!  I knew a lady from a farm near Llanbedr y cennin who told me she was brought up there and used to travel down to school by pony.
I've lived in flat Norfolk for 18 years now but  I can still recall every inch of the way!!

[Hugo]

I can understand your feeling of Hiraeth as it's a beautiful but sometimes wild valley and far away from the maddening crowds.  Here are a few more photos to rekindle your feelings of Hiraeth.

[hiraeth]

Thanks very much Hugo for the photos, paths I have often trodden.
My second son did a lot of climbing on Craig yr Ysfa. I  have walked up from Ogwen up to Ffynnon Llugwy  and scrambled up  a zig zag track to the top of the ridge and looked down into Cwm Eigiau. From there we followed a path looking down onto climbers and then up to Carnedd Llewelyn.

Once my youngest son and I were dropped off at Aber falls and walked via Foel Fras, Drum and on to the top of Carnedd Llewelyn and back down via Pen yr Ole Wen into Ogwen.valley.  A very long days walking we were both pretty tired and wished we had done it in the opposite direction. My husband picked two weary ones up near Tryfan.  Well worth it though!

[Ian]

(WE) walked via Foel Fras, Drum and on to the top of Carnedd Llewelyn and back down via Pen yr Ole Wen into Ogwen.valley.

That's a pretty testing walk.

[Hugo]

On Friday Tellytubby and I had a delightful and very interesting walk in Denbigh.    We did the Dr Johnson walk which is a circular walk of just over 4 miles and we started it from the motor museum on the outskirts of the town.    Dropping down to the Afon Ystrad and then followed it to Lawnt where we then followed the public footpath through the well kept grounds of Dol Hyfryd Hall.   In Feb/March of each year the grass banks on the side of the road are covered in Crocuses, apparently 1000 Crocus corms were planted in 1840 and since then they have multiplied considerably.   The footpath goes around the side of the impressive looking Dol Hyfryd Hall and it wasn't long before we came to the ruins of Dr Johnson's cottage  where Dr Johnson, author of the famous dictionary spent time during his stay at nearby Gwaenynog Hall.
We then carried on the the monument for Dr Johnson and sat under a large tree to have our refreshments.  There were loads of different birds there such as Buzzards, Pheasants,  Wagtails and Nuthatches but what kept us amused for ages was the antics of a small tree creeper who was moving quickly up the branches of a moss covered  tree.
Soon though it was time to move on and we walked uphill and through Gwaenynog Hall.    Gwaenynog Hall is a rambling 18th century mansion, based around an earlier 16th century house. The kitchen garden was used as inspiration by Beatrix Potter for her 'Flopsy Bunnies' book. We crossed through the yard and through a field before we came to an opening alongside a large smelly midden.  The ground was so swampy in the opening that we had no choice other than to walk across the midden.  I'm not going to try to describe it only to say that I'm still cleaning my walking boots now!
Having overcome that obstacle we were rewarded by the rare sight of a Woodcock that rose up from the grassy field and flew off towards the woods. No sooner had we done that then we saw a Weasel running across the next opening in the field.   From there  the route is downhill with stunning views of the Denbigh Castle and the Clwydian Range.     After getting back to the car we finished off the day in a cafe in Denbigh where we enjoyed a nice coffee.

[Hugo]

Dr Johnson walk Denbigh

[DaveR]

On Friday Tellytubby and I had a delightful and very interesting walk in Denbigh.    We did the Dr Johnson walk which is a circular walk of just over 4 miles and we started it from the motor museum on the outskirts of the town.    Dropping down to the Afon Ystrad and then followed it to Lawnt where we then followed the public footpath through the well kept grounds of Dol Hyfryd Hall.   In Feb/March of each year the grass banks on the side of the road are covered in Crocuses, apparently 1000 Crocus corms were planted in 1840 and since then they have multiplied considerably.   The footpath goes around the side of the impressive looking Dol Hyfryd Hall and it wasn't long before we came to the ruins of Dr Johnson's cottage  where Dr Johnson, author of the famous dictionary spent time during his stay at nearby Gwaenynog Hall.
We then carried on the the monument for Dr Johnson and sat under a large tree to have our refreshments.  There were loads of different birds there such as Buzzards, Pheasants,  Wagtails and Nuthatches but what kept us amused for ages was the antics of a small tree creeper who was moving quickly up the branches of a moss covered  tree.
Soon though it was time to move on and we walked uphill and through Gwaenynog Hall.    Gwaenynog Hall is a rambling 18th century mansion, based around an earlier 16th century house. The kitchen garden was used as inspiration by Beatrix Potter for her 'Flopsy Bunnies' book. We crossed through the yard and through a field before we came to an opening alongside a large smelly midden.  The ground was so swampy in the opening that we had no choice other than to walk across the midden.  I'm not going to try to describe it only to say that I'm still cleaning my walking boots now!
Having overcome that obstacle we were rewarded by the rare sight of a Woodcock that rose up from the grassy field and flew off towards the woods. No sooner had we done that then we saw a Weasel running across the next opening in the field.   From there  the route is downhill with stunning views of the Denbigh Castle and the Clwydian Range.     After getting back to the car we finished off the day in a cafe in Denbigh where we enjoyed a nice coffee.

I've done that walk a few times, it's very enjoyable. 

[Hugo]

I saw Weatherman walking on the TV on Friday and Derek did the walk along the Menai Straits from Pwll Fanogl to Menai Bridge and it was quite good apart from the awful wet weather.
We've done part of it recently but will do the full stretch in the New Year.

[DaveR]

We headed off to Colwyn Heights for a walk yesterday. Started off in the car park of the Pen Y Bryn pub, then headed round up Copthorne Road, through Hafodty Lane and across into Honeysuckle Lane, down the field path into the Nant Y Glyn Valley and back through the Pwllycrochan Woods to the Pen Y Bryn. Wellies were certainly needed, but it was a very enjoyable walk.