by sarahheyworth | Sep 4, 2017 | Walks and Bike Rides
Barmouth Walking Festival takes place this year from 16 – 25th September. The festival is a wonderful way to explore the mountains, hills and coastline around the Mawddach Estuary and Southern Snowdonia in good company. There are walks for a range of abilities,...
by sarahheyworth | Jan 31, 2017 | Adventures and Attractions, Walks and Bike Rides
Walking in the hills above Harlech one day we stopped to look down on the Dwyryd Estuary and pick out the ice-cream colours of Portmerion in the distance. It wasn’t until then that we really noticed it – a small island lying between Portmerion and the...
by sarahheyworth | Jul 6, 2016 | Walks and Bike Rides, Wildlife
The Rhinog range of mountains has been described as “a secret wilderness of rock, heather and grassland, cut by streams and dotted by lakes. It certainly feels wild, rugged and isolated,but if you know where to go, you can be setting out on foot into the heart...
by sarahheyworth | May 21, 2016 | Adventures and Attractions, Walks and Bike Rides
We are lucky here at Graig Wen to be right on the banks of the Mawddach Estuary in Snowdonia National Park. Walk through our gate and you are on the Mawddach Trail, regularly mentioned by the media as one of the most scenic cycling and walking routes in Britain. Many...
by sarahheyworth | Apr 16, 2016 | Walks and Bike Rides
Inspired by Jack Thurston’s excellent book Lost Lanes of Wales, we’ve been exploring some of the many quiet corners of this beautiful little country best reached by bike. It’s the kind of road cycling where the banks are fringed with primroses, grass...
by sarahheyworth | Mar 3, 2016 | Walks and Bike Rides
Llyn Barfog or The Bearded Lake, is about half an hour’s drive from Graig Wen in Cwm Maethlon, or Happy Valley as it’s known. The wild and secluded valley is worth exploring on foot or it’s a great ride out on a road bike. The lake itself is reached...
