Friday 20th September 2019 When you arrive in you can park your car in the Min-y-Mor Hotel car park before the walk.

Check in time at the hotel is from 3.00pm

FRIDAY WALK Dinas Oleu Walk - 2 miles approximately. Fanny Talbot (née) Browne (1824–1917) was a landowner and philanthropist, and a friend and correspondent of the influential art critic John Ruskin. She is noted for donating the first property--- 4.5 acres of land known as Cliff of Light (Dinas Oleu) in 1895 to The National Trust

Meet at the Min-y-Mor car park at 1.30pm to start the walk

We wind our way up through the “very steep” narrow streets of the old town of Barmouth to the gorse covered hillside. As we make our way up there are stunning views of the Mawddach estuary and Cardigan Bay stretching to the Llyn Peninsula.

To return to the town we take a series of alley ways at the back of old fisher men’s cottages back down to the harbour. Evening meal at the Hotel is at 7.00pm

Saturday Walk

Coastal Path from LLwyngwrll to Barmouth 7 ½ miles approx. We take the train from Barmouth to Village to begin the walk Train fare is £4.00 which I will collect on Friday evening. Bring packed lunch and drinks, plenty of places in Barmouth to purchase food before we board the train at Barmouth Railway Station at 10.45am The Co-op. supermarket is next to the railway station if you wish to purchase sandwiches etc There are toilets in Llwyngwril village before the walk and then I’m afraid they are “rural” until we reach almost at the end of the walk. We start with a path that takes a little lane out of Llwyngwril that rises very steeply for about half a mile or more. We will do this at a slow pace and pause several times. The lane turns into a well-worn track passing a couple of ancient standing stones. Once we are up on the headland it is fairly flat with very good paths and lanes. If the weather is good the views are magnificent.

Our decent brings us gradually down through woodland and grassy tracks, passing an isolated cottage “Cyfannedd-fawr”. Here in 1748 lived the poet Morus Jones a welsh bard

Continuing down we the cross the A493 taking a little lane to Morfa Mawddach where we cross the Barmouth Bridge which takes us back across the Mawddach estuary into Barmouth. The Mawddach estuary has been described as one of the most beautiful estuaries in Europe. William Wordsworth the poet described it as “sublime”

Sunday Walk

7 miles Circular walk Leave the Min-y-Mor Hotel car park at 9.30am Packed lunch and drinks again are required Drive 5 miles down the road to Tal-y-Bont Village Directions to the start of the walk will be given on Saturday evening Park at The Ysgethin Inn to start our circular walk The first section of the walk is flat following the coastal path through fields and lanes. We do encounter a couple of stone wall stiles before we reach Dyffryn Beach. Sections of Dyffryn Beach are officially designated as a Naturist Beach. Don’t worry you can keep your kit on as we do not walk along that section.

There is a short stretch of beach walking which brings us into Dyffryn Seaside Estate before continuing along lanes to village and the burial chambers. With the wide and rugged coastline of Cardigan Bay on one side and the rolling hills of the Rhinog Mountains on the other, Dyffryn Ardudwy is a pretty village. Situated between the larger towns of and Barmouth. Dyffryn Ardudwy Neolithic Burial Chambers are estimated to be between 5,000 and 6,000 years old and were excavated in 1960. After we leave the chambers there is a short “incline” to reach a country lane which takes us up past the sixteenth century Gors y Gedal Hall. Following a hillside lane, we pass another burial chamber to reach the Ysgethin river. We descend following the river back to The Ysgethin Inn for refreshments.

Monday Walk

3 ½ - 4 miles approx. 2 ½ hours A short walk starting from along the Mawddach Estuary before entering the ancient Abergwynant woodland LL40 1YJ Penmaenpool is on your route home, 7 miles out of Barmouth on the road to . I will give you the driving directions on Sunday evening. Meet at Penmaenpool car park on the left after going over the toll bridge Toll bridge fee is 70p per car. Time to start walk - 10.30 am

Toll Bridge George 3rd Hotel

The walk starts by passing George 3rd Hotel and following The along the estuary for about ¾ mile before entering the woodland. There is a short sharp climb in the woodland using good paths and wooden steps up to a viewpoint. We descend back down through the woods to follow the Gwynant river to the estuary. Retracing our steps back along the estuary to The George 3rd Hotel.

www.robinsonsbrewery.com/pubs-inns-and-hotels/find-a-pub/f-j/georgethethird You can have refreshments here if you wish before starting your journey home.