Dave (my brother) joined Sue and me for this walk. Sue and I had been there before,
on a rainy day in May. It rained again today. That put Dave off and he returned home once we had walked around Llyn Bach, pictured above, and reached Tremadog.
Sue and I continued in the rain, ascending steeply through woodland.
On our previous visit we missed the standing stone near Fach-gôch. This time we took care not to repeat that error.
A little higher up, we got views down to the estuary. By now the rain had stopped but the wet vegetation still soaked our trail shoes and our trousers. Moel-y-gest maintained a lid of cloud.
The farm at Erwsuran was deserted, in fact we saw nobody until we got down to cycleway number 8 near the end of our walk, but the roofs of the buildings look well maintained.
Here's another view down to the estuary and Porthmadog.
Good views towards the Moelwynion summits were enjoyed beyond hedgerows of foxgloves.
After a descent into Cwm Mawr we crossed the valley and rose again, beside an impressive wall, to reach a high point at Allt-wen.
On the next descent we admired the Moelwynion backdrop beyond a fine wrought-iron gate.
Head high bracken accompanied us steeply down to woodland, where Sue spotted a tree creeper.
Soon after that we joined the cycleway that proved to be a direct route home.
Here's our route - about 15km, with 400 metres ascent. We were back for lunch after a four hour walk.
Later, we rescued Dave from his solitude, and allowed him to phone his wife whilst thrashing us at nomination whist.
Our al fresco meal on the deck later was most pleasurable. We were sorry to hear from Gibson that it was raining in Scotland. I suppose the perfect weather that we enjoyed up there had to come to an end sometime!
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