Coed y Brenin (The King’s forest) covers 9,000 acres lying within the Snowdonia National Park. Originally it was part of the Nannau Estate, then became the Vaughan Forest. It became Coed y Brenin in 1935 to celebrate the silver jubilee of king George 5th. There is forest, open heath land, rivers and waterfalls here, with [...]
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A Kings forest (Coed y Brenin), 4 rivers and 3 waterfalls.
Posted in Landscapes/Nature, tagged afon eden, afon gain, afon gamlan, afon mawddach, coed y brenin, disused mines, forest, mawddach falls, north wales, pistyll cain, rhaeadr du, rivers, snowdonia, waterfalls on July 16, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Ice, frost and beauty in Snowdonia.
Posted in Landscapes/Nature, tagged frost, frozen rivers, ice, lakes, mountains, north wales, rivers, snowdonia on January 8, 2009 | 6 Comments »
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.
Woodlands and water around Betws-y-Coed
Posted in Landscapes/Nature, tagged betws-y-coed, bridges, lakes, north wales, rivers, roman road, streams, woodland on August 21, 2008 | 6 Comments »
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 [...]






