Slow start today as a couple of members of the party stayed up a wee bit later than others drinking whisky (not the author I hasten to add!). But in the afternoon, me, Finbarr and Julia headed off to do our first walk – Llyn Crafnant and Llyn Geirionydd.
We went back to the same café Julia and I had had lunch in Betws-y-Coed and bought a ‘hikers pack’ – sandwich, flapjack and drink. The walk covered all terrain – forests, rocky paths and lakesides. Walking alongside the side of Llyn Geironydd was very much like walking along the side of Loch Lomond. Beautiful lake, but as the guidebook told us ‘the clarity does not indicate purity’. Lead mines above the lake have ensured that the run off has contaminated the lake and killed off most of the animal and plant life…
Llyn Crafnant was not quite as stunning as Llyn Geironydd, but it isn’t poisoned as it acts as a reservoir for the Conwy valley. It was a great first walk – not too strenuous and some great views. And no rain once we actually started walking!
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