O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 10 (Penrhyndeudraeth to Barmouth)

If I’d been asked at the beginning of the day if I wanted to climb 1400 metres and walk 25 miles over often bleak and boggy terrain in poor weather, you can guess what my answer would have been. Harri, … Continued

O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 9 (Beddgelert to Penrhyndeudraeth)

Can there be anything more depressing than to meandering home under clear, starlit skies and wake the following morning to grey clouds, gusting winds and heavy rain? We’d slept remarkably well… perhaps, in part, thanks to the copious amounts of … Continued

O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 8 (Dolwyddelan to Beddgelert)

  It transpired that as well as running Y Gwydyr, our landlord also worked as a guide at a nearby tourist attraction, oh and took his children to school. His mornings involved more juggling than a circus act but he was … Continued

O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 7 (the Carneddau to Dolwyddelan)

When we woke at 4.15am it was already light, but it was too early to set off again, so we snuggled down and managed a few more hours sleep. Never again, we vowed, as we packed away our rucksacks later. … Continued