Camau Bach

  Todays walk was a strange one. With Anwen at nursery, it was myself, Megan and Naini who headed back into the Carneddau to complete a walk we had wanted to do for a while. We weren’t heading up any peaks this time, but along a valley towards the foot of Drum and to Llyn Anafon ( Tlinn Anne av on ). We had meant to go last week but I, in true teacher during the holidays form, had been ill… so we rearranged for today. This walk is a wee gem. Just up from the ridiculously popular, overcrowded, and rubbish strewn Aber Falls, we saw only two other groups… and one of them were in the wrong place and were looking for the falls! Although it’s uphill most of the way, it’s a steady incline and all on a rough but driveable track. You get the isolation of being in the mountains but the safety net of a very easy route to follow. The views are incredible and we saw plenty of animals - the Carneddau ponies of course, and birds like the Ring Ouzel and Wheatear. This is definitely a walk we will ...