Moelwyn Bach

Perfect weather continues here in Snowdonia - blue skies and just a gentle cooling breeze - great for hillwalking. The garden at the cottage looked great in the autmn sun this morning. We headed up to the top of the nearest proper mountain the cottage - Moelwyn Bach (710 metres) -  this dominates the skyline to the north of Rhyd, as shown in the header photo on our home page. It is possible to walk to the top within 2 hours from the front door of the cottage - it is steady climb up the west ridge after a short walk up the Croesor road behind the cottage. The views today were as spectacular as we have ever seen - Cnicht and Snowdon horseshoe are dominant to the north, with the Porthmadog estuary and Rhinogs to the south.