Lakes of North Wales (2)

Here are 5 more lakes to be found in north Wales. As I said in the first post, you won’t find anything as big as Loch Lomond, Loch Ness or Loch Awe here, but what you will find is stunning scenery, good walking and lots of history. Llyn Brenig is in Denbighshire. It’s a reservoir, [...]

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Lakes of North Wales (1)

The lakes of north Wales may not have the size or the fame of the Scottish lochs, but they have fantastic scenery, history and wildlife in abundance. Some are very small, some are reservoirs, but all have something to offer. This is the first of my posts on the lakes of north Wales. LLYN CRAFNANT [...]

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Ice, frost and beauty in Snowdonia.

I feel privileged to live in such a beautiful area, even in winter Snowdonia is a wonderland. I hope you enjoy the scenes of frost and ice.

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BEAUTIFUL (wet, windy, misty, sunny) NORTH WALES

Well, summer is well and truly over now, the last few days have been very windy, wet and quite chilly, definitely Autumnal! Not that summer has been brilliant. It started well in May, but since then it has been dull and quite wet. Very wet at times!  So I thought now was a good time [...]

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Woodlands and water around Betws-y-Coed

Today I was starting in Betws-y-Coed (pronounced “bet us i co ed”). This lovely village is a popular with tourists to Snowdonia, the name means Prayer house (Betws) in the woods (y Coed). My walk started behind St Marys church, a forestry track leading up the steep wooded hillside. A stream tumbled down the hillside [...]

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