Camau Bach

  Bit out of our normal area for this walk as we were down visiting my sister, Elen, and her husband, Ali, in Y Fenni. I had never done this walk before and so was totally dependant on Elen and Ali to find us somewhere nice! They didn’t let us down. My husband, Edd, also joined us today. He suffers from an autoimmune disease called Sarcoidosis so he isn’t able to join us on walks often - any kind of hill work causes him a lot of pain. This walk was about the limit of what he could achieve - but he did achieve it! This gives an idea of the difficulty of this walk- although we were up at the Blorens trig point we really didn’t have to do much climbing because of the location of the car parks. All the paths were straightforward and clearly defined. However, despite being an easy walk, you are at quite a height and the views are spectacular! This was little Anwen’s longest walk to date. She did really well and thoroughly enjoyed herself!  Distance: 3.28 miles / 5.27km (according t...

  If you haven’t already noticed, I LOVE exploring old, derelict buildings. It’s a hobby my husband doesn’t understand at all! It’s the feeling of history in these places that gets me… the knowledge of all the people and stories that have come before. There’s a sadness in these crumbling buildings. It’s Easter holidays currently. Anwen was at nursery and so I decided to take Megan back to Dorothea Quarry in the Nantlle Valley. Dorothea has everything- beautiful views, history in spades and so many derelict buildings even I don’t know what to do with myself! If you march round without taking the time to do some exploring, this is a very short walk- only 1.37 miles according to the OS maps app. We did 2.79 miles and spent 2 1/2 hours exploring!  Dorothea is open to the public and the paths are very clearly signed, which is needed as this is a pretty dangerous location. At the end of the day Dorothea is an abandoned quarry with all the dangers that entails. There are steep drops,...