June Walks from Beddgelert

Our next walking will be on

Saturday 12th June

and will be from 

Beddgelert in Snowdonia

The coach will leave the short stay car park to the south of

Formby village at 0800hrs prompt.
Pre-booking is essential.

Despite the presence of a raised mound in the village called Gelert's Grave, now a tourist attraction, there is absolutely no evidence for Gelert's existence. The "grave" mound is ascribed to the activities of a late 18th-century landlord of the Goat Hotel in Beddgelert, David Pritchard, who connected the legend to the village in order to encourage tourism.

The village is probably named after an early Christian missionary and leader called Celert (or Cilert) who settled here early in the 8th century. The earliest record of the name Beddgelert appears on a document dated 1258, and the name recorded is "Bekelert". In a document of 1269 it is recorded as "Bedkelerd".[1]

Beddgelert is a significant tourist attraction, its picturesque bridge crossing the River Colwyn just upstream of its confluence with the River Glaslyn. It is also the nearest village to the scenic Glaslyn gorge, an area of tumultuous river running between steep wooded hills. Much of the area is however becoming invaded by the alien plant, Rhododendron ponticum which provides a covering of pink blossom in May and June, but which is slowly blanketing out the native flora. Attempts have been made to control its spread by cutting and burning.

The Welsh Highland Railway is currently rebuilding the former railway line, and in April 2009 reopened the railway station to the public, linking the village with Caernarfon to the north. Once fully open, the line will also link with Porthmadog to the south.

Other local attractions include the Sygun Copper Mine.

The village is also linked with the Rupert Bear stories, as Alfred Bestall wrote and illustrated some of the stories whilst he lived in the village, in a cottage at the foot of Mynydd Sygun.

For more information about Beddgelert  and here

There will be Two walks;

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• B walk led by: Gwyn Jones
• C walk led by: Terry Simmons

The A walk has been canceled due to insufficient walkers, but you can view the photographs here;

A walk led by: Beverley Kelly (really a B+ walk)

Weather Forecast for the area

B+ Walk from Rhyd-Ddu

Leader: Beverley Kelly

Distance: 10miles

Total Ascent:2700ft

This is a possible walk if required starting at the Welsh Highland Railway Station of Rhyd-Ddu and follows the Snowden path from there on a steady climb to meet the Watkins Path at some mine workings. From here there is a steady descent past more mine workings and some lovely waterfalls, through some woods until we reach the road at Bethania.

After a short distance on the road it is over a bridge to a footpath leading to the south side of Llyn Dinas.
At this point we will either take the easy, shorter route back to Beddgellert alongside the river, or as follows. I will make the decision before we leave.

Leaving the lake there is another climb to reach the pathway of Cwm Bychan and some splendid views once again before dropping down to Nantmoor and a level walk to Beddgellert, refreshments and the coach home.

This is a varied walk with some effort which is well worth it.

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B Walk from Beddgellert

Leader: Gwyn Jones

Distance: 8.5 miles

Total Ascent/Descent: 1720 ft

This walk provides views and scenery without any strenuous climbing. From Beddgelert a pleasant and easy level route to Llyn Dinas. Then a gradual ascent to near the head of the Nantmor valley (on this ascent there are ups & downs but from the Llyn @ 200ft we climb to 600ft). From here we  descend, most of it through woodland, to Nantmor. We then walk alongside the river through the spectacular Aberglaslyn Pass back to Beddgelert.

 

Gwyn at the start of the walk

 

A dipper on the walk

River Glaslyn

 

on the road to Nantmoor

 

Llyn Dinas

C Walk at Beddgellert

Walk Leader: Terry Simmons

Distance:

Total Ascent:

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The walk I wanted to do has been altered due to the Railway incursion taking away part of the path I would have followed so I will have to revert to the norm.

The walk is one I would describe as a viewers walk, as once we arrive above Meillionen Farm we have clear views of Snowdonia for quite some time of the walk. Lets hope for good weather.

The ascents are gradual and require to be walked at a leisurley pace, some of the paths are quite stony so Boots are a must.Our lunch break will be taken at the very pleasant and quiet spot Llyn Llywelyn which is a small lake along our route, we will of course start our walk with coffee in Beddgelert.

Malham Fell Club B Walk

Once again we were fortunate with the weather as it had been forecast rain, but instead we had a dry day with sunny periods, but with a cold NE wind. We had a big B Party and a good leader who kept the pace steady but within the reach of all. We headed towards Malham Cove and Tarn and had some spectacular scenery, typical of the Dales and an enjoyable day with some refreshments in Malham on our return

• Distance: 8.5 miles 
• Total ascent: 1080ft 
• Time: 4hrs 50 mins

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