Betswy-Co-Ed/Llanberis/Llandudno
So, on our way from Ruthin across into Snowdonia and Llanberis via Betswy-co-ed on a showery/cold and windy Wednesday.
Things looked bleak as we neared Llanberis, cold and even windier with horizontal rain!
The digs were OK though (Llanberis Lodges - £70 per night, incl a huge cooked brekky, not cheap, cheap, but the going rate really)
Don`t think the baclony will get much use though. We bravely ventured out in the wind and rain to the infamous "Petes Eats" and filled up on burger and chips, nice!
Thursday looked a little better, but a trip to Anglesey saw the gardens/house we hoped to go around shut, so we sloped off to Llandudno, and got wet.
Friday 19th April - Capel Curig (AM)
Friday, came around too soon, but better weather, and decision was made to do 2 short walks, one in the morning, one early afternoon.
Pathfinder Guide: North Wales, Snowdon & Offas Dyke
Walk #8, Capel Curig (4 Miles)
We left Llanberis behind and headed towards Betswy-Co-Ed and parked near to the Plas-Y-Berin mountain centre in Capel Curig. (Free car park nearby opposite the main road)
The day was dry with little or no wind (great), and this low level short walk promised to give good views across the Snowdon range without a long hike up on a travel home day.
Easy paths and good views, after a while we turned back 180 degrees but taking a different path through woodland.
Descending form the woodland to a school we followed the path adjacent the main road, and past the Tyn-Y-Coed hotel, then across a bridge right following the river Llugwy.
A walk through a forest section took us behind the Plas-Y-Brenin National Mountain Centre.
Crossing the lake via a footbridge brought us back to the road in Capel Curig
We crossed and headed across open tracks and back to the car park.
A steady, low level short walk with good views across the Snowdon range, and enough scenic variation to make it interesting.
Our Walk Score: 6.5/10
Friday 19th April - Aber Falls (PM)
We headed away from Capel Curig, heading North near the coast and Aber Falls, a few miles off the North Wales coast road near Conwy.
Pathfinder Guide: North Wales
Walk #2, Aber Falls (2.8 Miles)
Parked in pay and display car park after drving down narrow track for several miles.
Headed off along road, following signs to Aber Falls.
Very high power lines sweep across the valley (highest/longest in Britain?). There were workers pulling up a new cable as we passed by.
Walk was nearly 1.5miles to the falls, along easy paths. Paused to take in impressive drop of falls and took plenty of pictures, before heading back the way we came.
The falls are well worth seeing and quite a pleasant walk to them, just under 1.5 miles each way. We arrived back at the car around 14:15, and headed back home to Lincolnshire having had a few days of mixed weather in Wales, with 2 reasonable walking days. Should set us up for the Lake District at the end of April.
Our Walk Score: 6.5/10
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