More about Tuesday's walk
Apr. 26th, 2024 05:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
heleninwalesI had intended to post a few more photos of the walk in the woods which we did last Tuesday, but the broken watch and then having to deal with the dud watch distracted me. Anyway, here are some more photos of the walk in the woods which we did last Tuesday. It gives a good idea of the terrain.
We drove to a small car park near the start of the Mawddach Trail. This cut a boring mile or so off the distance compared to walking from home. After walking along the Mawddach Trail to Penmaenpool and crossing the toll bridge, we plodded up the steep narrow lane and then took the path leading into the woods. There must have been a storm some years ago that brought down some of the trees. Someone (the National Park people, or possibly the council?) cleared the tree trunks off the footpath, but otherwise things were just left. If you look closely, G is visible in the distance just left of centre.
When the trees are in full leaf, the view of the Mawddach Estuary is hidden, but at the moment you can just glimpse the river in the distance through the trees.
Approaching the min-waterfalls, the path runs beside a stone wall.
One of the narrow and tricky parts of the walk. The bridge across the stream is becoming a little dodgy. We didn't step on the rotten planks. I've tried to photograph this before, but it was a dry spell and so there wasn't much water going over the falls and also the trees were in full leaf, hiding the stream.
The path doesn't show too well through this part of the wood, the popular New Precipice Walk runs parallel but quite a bit higher up so this path isn't as well used. But there are helpful arrows to point the way.
Starting to descend now, the little village of Llanelltyd can be seen below and on the right. We hold our Quaker meetings there in the village hall.
Back down on the valley floor, the rest of the walk takes us on the footpath/cycle path alongside the by-pass. As you can see, the water level has fallen considerably since the last time I was on the old Llanelltyd Bridge.
Walking to Rivendell
Miles travelled yesterday and today: 3 (in and out of town yesterday and food shopping this morning)
Miles travelled this week: 12½
Miles travelled from Bag End: 54
Miles still to go: 404
Percentage complete: 12%
Point reached on journey: We walked on with the elves who had saved us from the Black Rider and spent the night in their woodland hall. By next morning, they had gone, but they had given us food. We struggled on through the wood and have just heard the blood chilling cries of two Black Riders calling to one another.
We drove to a small car park near the start of the Mawddach Trail. This cut a boring mile or so off the distance compared to walking from home. After walking along the Mawddach Trail to Penmaenpool and crossing the toll bridge, we plodded up the steep narrow lane and then took the path leading into the woods. There must have been a storm some years ago that brought down some of the trees. Someone (the National Park people, or possibly the council?) cleared the tree trunks off the footpath, but otherwise things were just left. If you look closely, G is visible in the distance just left of centre.
When the trees are in full leaf, the view of the Mawddach Estuary is hidden, but at the moment you can just glimpse the river in the distance through the trees.
Approaching the min-waterfalls, the path runs beside a stone wall.
One of the narrow and tricky parts of the walk. The bridge across the stream is becoming a little dodgy. We didn't step on the rotten planks. I've tried to photograph this before, but it was a dry spell and so there wasn't much water going over the falls and also the trees were in full leaf, hiding the stream.
The path doesn't show too well through this part of the wood, the popular New Precipice Walk runs parallel but quite a bit higher up so this path isn't as well used. But there are helpful arrows to point the way.
Starting to descend now, the little village of Llanelltyd can be seen below and on the right. We hold our Quaker meetings there in the village hall.
Back down on the valley floor, the rest of the walk takes us on the footpath/cycle path alongside the by-pass. As you can see, the water level has fallen considerably since the last time I was on the old Llanelltyd Bridge.
Walking to Rivendell
Miles travelled yesterday and today: 3 (in and out of town yesterday and food shopping this morning)
Miles travelled this week: 12½
Miles travelled from Bag End: 54
Miles still to go: 404
Percentage complete: 12%
Point reached on journey: We walked on with the elves who had saved us from the Black Rider and spent the night in their woodland hall. By next morning, they had gone, but they had given us food. We struggled on through the wood and have just heard the blood chilling cries of two Black Riders calling to one another.
