Welcome to our pre Christmas Lunch walks, this year with a nights sleep between walks and lunch, and no need for that quick wash and tidy up at the Royal Victoria.
Hopefully you will already have seen the warning that the bus timetable has changed, so that we are now leaving Beddgelert on the 11.30am bus to Rhyd Ddu, not 11.50 as shown in the walks booklet.
In contrast to Di’s slippery rocks walk last Sunday, the two walks this Saturday will be a stroll in the park. Ron is leading the Stroll group, taking a leisurely pace along Lon Gwyrfai past Llyn y Gader and through Beddgelert Forest to Beddgelert, and the welcoming fire at the Tanronnen Hotel. The Stride group start and finish on the same route, but will be going a little faster and further, taking in Cwm Du and Llyn Llewelyn. Will we reach the Tanronnen before the Strollers have left, having finished their beer or supped their tea? Doubtful – but we can give it a try.
As to the weather forecast, If you are reading this on Monday evening, or early in the week ………… I would advise against looking! Hopefully by Saturday things will have changed, and we will have some good weather for our Stroll, or Stride, in the park. The view across Llyn y Gader is lovely, as are the scenes higher in the forest and above Beddgelert, so fingers crossed for clear weather.
Dave