Lôn Las Ogwen: Porth Penrhyn, Bangor - there and back 7.35km (pram friendly)
Today was a really, easy walk with both girls. To give my back a break I decided to choose a route where Anwen could go in the pushchair. I prefer doing circular routes for the variation but this one is an out and back. Lôn Las Ogwen is a multi user path which runs 17.46km between Porth Penrhyn in Bangor and Llyn Ogwen. It mainly follows the route of the old railway line that brought slate down the valley from the Penrhyn Slate Quarry in Bethesda to the coast, where it was shipped around the world. The section we (nearly) completed today, between Porth Penrhyn and Glasinfryn, was developed in the 1980s and is known as Lôn Bach (Little Road). Distance: 7.35km (according to Strava, so slightly less in reality!) Time taken: 2 hrs Parking: Yes- free. Facilities: No, but there’s plenty in Bangor itself. To park you turn off the A5 towards Porth Penrhyn on the outskirts of Bangor. Take the first left after this down the hill, cross the river and park at the free car park be...