Day 2 with my sister

The second day of my sister’s visit, the weather would actually be quite good! So we took the opportunity to go for a sizable walk. Armed with lots of sandwiches and tea, we headed for Bwlch y Groes. I really like the remoteness of that parking lot! And from there you can walk onto Moel Eilio.

The skies were still dramatic, and the landscape wet. I thought it was very photogenic. Until we actually hit the ridge. That is just grass, and it even went into the clouds! But we knew we would not be in these clouds for very long. Coming down to Bwlch Gwyn, we saw the landscape appear again, including Llyn Dwythwch, which we would basically loop around all day.

View from the parking lot

Approaching the clouds

The valley comes in view again when we descend Moel Eilio

View over Llyn Cwellyn

The going was good! It wasn't soggy, and the weather was calm. By the time we felt like having apple pie we were already coming down from Foel Goch. While we were eating, three Welshman and a dog walked up in the opposite direction of how we had come. They were carrying an Owain Glyndwr flag for some reason!

Soon after that, we took the path back to where we had come from. We didn't even have lunch until we were back at the car! But that wasn't enough; Petra wasn't done walking yet. So after we had eaten, we also explored the path that goes down to Betws Garmon. It came past the quarry, and we spotted a sheep perilously teetering on a steep cliff! We took a picture of it. We could ask Facebook if this sheep was actually in danger or not. (Facebook would think not.)

Unexpected fellow user of the path

Pretty stream

We didn't make this extra loop particularly big. At some point, it is nice to go back to the bottle of wine and the snacks! So we did. Wine and dinner were enjoyed. Then we had another job; my sister hadn't quite booked her train to get back yet. We needed to do that! And we found out that the day she travelled back on was marred by replacement bus services. It was going to be a long journey home! And one that would start early. But so be it.

We left the final decision on what to do the next day for the next day. We knew it was going to be rainy in the morning, so we would have plenty of time to decide. Now it was bedtime!

When my sister picked this week for coming over, I had no idea if we would be lucky enough to have days like this, when you walk up to 726 m, and only spend a little bit of time in the clouds, and absolutely none in the rain! We were lucky. And we still had a third day…