We're off to this tucked away corner of Snodnia for a few days at Easter and was wondering what the access to the backs of the hills is like from the valley. We're staying in the lea of Moel Hebog and it would be really nice to be able to climb it from that side.
We're already a little nervous because the lady through who we booked the cottage advised us that the people at the chip shop in Portmadog could be 'difficult'
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My usual approach is to reassure the Welsh people that I meet that I'm not related the Edward the first and by the way isn't it nice to see the smaller nations like Wales and Italy doing so well in the Six Nations.
Come home to a real fire, buy a holiday cottage in Wales.
Although I have never started any walks in Cwm Pennant I have found myself there a number of times. It is possible to climb Moel Hebog via Cwm Lefrith or pick up the disused railway track heading southwards then up the valley with Llyn Cwmystradllyn in. You of course have access to the Nantlle ridge, which you could walk in both directions. Every time I have walked around here I always promise to come back as it is a wonderful place and think it deserves more popularity but then that would spoil the magic of course. Bob Allens book" On Foot in Snowdonia" would be worth looking at I think he gives about six walks starting in Cwm Pennant. Sod the chippy and take a barbecue with you. "Chris Gilbert" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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We're off to this tucked away corner of Snodnia for a few days at Easter and was wondering what the access to the backs of the hills is like from the valley. We're staying in the lea of Moel Hebog and it would be really nice to be able to climb it from that side.
We're already a little nervous because the lady through who we booked the cottage advised us that the people at the chip shop in Portmadog could be 'difficult'
!!
My usual approach is to reassure the Welsh people that I meet that I'm not related the Edward the first and by the way isn't it nice to see the smaller nations like Wales and Italy doing so well in the Six Nations.
Come home to a real fire, buy a holiday cottage in Wales.
We're off to this tucked away corner of Snodnia for a few days at Easter and was wondering what the access to the backs of the hills is like from the valley. We're staying in the lea of Moel Hebog and it would be really nice to be able to climb it from that side.
It's a great place, Cwm Pennant, though not sure how they respond to being called part of Snodnia :-)
I've walked up to the Bwlch-y-ddwy-elor from Pennant, and from there you can certainly access Trum y Ddysgl on the Nantlle Ridge. The map shows a criss-cross of walls though, all over the Pennant side of the ridge, so not sure you'd be able to get off the ridge again without following the right of way shown threading its way south to SSE from Garnedd Goch, finishing up at the SW end of the Pennant valley.
Would certainly be interesting to try to climb Hebog via Moel Lefn and Moel yr Ogof - it looks like pretty rough country on the map, and there are certainly some old slate workings there, though it's nowhere near the scale of the Bethesda or Llanberis areas. You then have a nice right of way down into Cwm Lefrith.
Cwm Pennant is a fantastic place and there a very many combinations that can be put together flexibly to include sections of the Moel Hebog range and the Natlle ridge.
A good place to park is 530 466, from here either ridge can be accessed and you can do either ridge and come back down the valley or do the whole circuit.
Try eating at Eric Jones's cafe at approx 575 405 just East of Tremadog, you wont get better value and there are lots of interesting posters of his expeditions.
Amazingly, the North Welsh have discovered customer care over the last decade (there's hope for us all). You should a good time.
Get hold of Steve Ashton's 'Ridges of Snowdonia' and/or 'hills of Snowdonia' - both Cicerone Guides. Should give you everything that you need.
On 8/3/05 8:47 am, in article [email hidden], "Chris Gilbert"
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We're off to this tucked away corner of Snodnia for a few days at Easter and was wondering what the access to the backs of the hills is like from the valley. We're staying in the lea of Moel Hebog and it would be really nice to be able to climb it from that side.
We're already a little nervous because the lady through who we booked the cottage advised us that the people at the chip shop in Portmadog could be 'difficult'
!!
My usual approach is to reassure the Welsh people that I meet that I'm not related the Edward the first and by the way isn't it nice to see the smaller nations like Wales and Italy doing so well in the Six Nations.
Come home to a real fire, buy a holiday cottage in Wales.
