Circular walk from Arthog

The gas engineer came about 10 a.m. The boiler and gas fire have been serviced and I've now got the time and mental energy to write up Tuesday's walk.

I drove us to Arthog but to a different car park. We usually park in the tiny car park right by the Mawddach Trail, but on Tuesday we parked in the much larger car park/lay-by next to the village hall. From there we set off up the bridleway.

The track is very rough but despite the recent rain, not noticeably wet.



It was a sunny day. Our weather has become very changeable. Yesterday, for example, it was simultaneously warm, sunny and raining. The sun was shining brightly through the thin cloud and drizzle. The rain felt warm. Anyway, back to Tuesday. ( More walk photos here... )

The walk was only 3½ miles, though it felt much longer due to the steep climb up and then back down again.

( Eowyn Challenge -- weekly progress report )

Many waterfalls

I'm putting the photos from the walk down the valley in a separate post because there are a lot of them.

After entering the woods, the path descends quite steeply, cut into the valley side some way above the river.

We did this walk nearly two years ago in October 2022. Though it's summer now, there was about the same amount of water going over the falls as back then. One of the few advantages of a wettish summer is that waterfalls look more spectacular.

( A green valley with waterfalls and rapids... )

The path was a bit precarious in places. This is the path to the viewpoint where you can see the biggest waterfall.



And here it is looking splendid.



( One more photo here... )

I did get there in the end...

I was looking back through my LJ to see if I'd posted about a photo because I have no idea where it was taken. I hadn't blogged it, but I came across this post from 2018. I said I hoped to have a complete draft of the first novel in the fantasy series I've been writing for decades by June. Well, it turned out to be June 2024.

I'm currently working on book 2.