Craig y Pistyll

Saturday, 3 Feb 2007 from Nant y Moch
[1:50k OS map] Click images to magnify.


Nant y Moch reservoir on a still and frosty February morning.

The wide valley of the Nant Melyn.
Ford through the Nant Esgairaderyn. ->



Abandoned farm on Esgair Ffosfudr.

One of the cycling tracks from Nant yr Arian crosses this area.

Rhyd Ffosfudr. No need to ford the stream any more; the stream goes under the track.


Close-up of the abandoned farm.

Cerrig Llwynog with its quarry.
Looking down Nant y Maes Mawr towards the coast at Borth. ->




The northern end of Pen Craig y Pistyll.
<- A local landmark apparently without a name: the lump just north of Bwlch yr Adwy.

Looking along the upper Cwm Perfedd towards the coast.


Frozen puddle.
Sheep feeder at the boundary between open hillside and farmland, near Bwlch y Maen. ->
Tir Gofal: farming subsidy for looking after the land rather than mass production. ->->




Cwm Leri.

Llawr y Cwm Bach mine.
The bridge in frosty Cwm Leri seen from one of the mine buildings.->



Craig y Pistyll...

...and its gully...

...with the waterfall in it.



The dam of Llyn Craig y Pistyll.
<-Afon Leri above the waterfall.
Jetty in Llyn Craig y Pistyll.->



Outflow from the reservoir.

That bump at Bwlch yr Adwy again.

Llyn and Pen Craig y Pistyll.


Waun Sarnau.

Foot bridge and ford at Rhyd y Gaib.

Disgwylfa Fawr on the other side of the Nant Glas.


Glacial mound.

Digwylfa Fawr from the upper Nant Glas.

Sunset over Pen Craig y Pistyll.


South of Bryn Gwyn forest.
Inside the forest.->


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