Tag: Llwybr Llechi Eryri

Snowdonia Slate Walk, day 4: Beddgelert to Tanygrisiau

September 26, 2025 0 Comments
Snowdonia Slate Walk, day 4: Beddgelert to Tanygrisiau

I’ve not slept well in Beddgelert.  The reason, I think, is that our B&B is beside Afon Glaslyn, and I’m not used to sleeping with the constant noise of running water.  Today we’re going to be following the river downstream towards Nantmor, before turning to Croesor and beyond.  Yesterday’s heavy rain has begun to turn […]

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Snowdonia Slate Trail, day 3: Y Fron to Beddgelert

September 19, 2025 0 Comments
Snowdonia Slate Trail, day 3: Y Fron to Beddgelert

There’s no room for doubt. The Met Office’s app shows black clouds and two black raindrops, every hour from mid-morning to the end of the day.  Other weather apps say the same.  But we’re stoical, as we wait for the taxi to take us back to Y Fron for a twelve-miler to Beddgelert. The taxi’s […]

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Snowdonia Slate Trail, day 2: Llanberis to Y Fron

September 12, 2025 0 Comments
Snowdonia Slate Trail, day 2: Llanberis to Y Fron

Today’s a rare day: no waterproofs needed, and sun forecast for the afternoon.  We set off from Llanberis and climb up the lane towards Waunfawr.  On average, each day of the Trail crosses two watersheds, and this is the first of today’s two ascents.  Sheep outnumber people by some margin, as usual.  Their fleeces are […]

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Snowdonia Slate Trail, day 1: Bethesda to Llanberis

September 5, 2025 0 Comments
Snowdonia Slate Trail, day 1: Bethesda to Llanberis

I’ve had my eye on Llwybr Llechi Eryri, the Snowdonia Slate Trail, ever since it opened in 2017, and especially since two seasoned long-distance walkers, Eirlys Thomas and Lucy O’Donnell, told me in 2021 that it was one of the best long treks they’d ever tried.  So the three of us, C1, C2 and I, […]

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