Kentmere Horseshoe

Distance: ?km, Ascent: ?m, with Lynsey, Adam & Laura

We met Adam & Laura in Staveley, and travelled on to Kentmere in one car because of the limited parking.  We walked the horseshoe in a clockwise direction, starting with Yoke.

Written up in January 2011 from memories

A New Year's Day walk up Foel Goch

Thursday 1st January 2009 

A cold, crisp afternoon hill-walk to start the New Year 

Distance: 9km; Ascent: 320m; Bright and sunny, but cold; with Lynsey

See approximate route in new window

It was forecast to be a lovely sunny day, so Lynsey and I decided to go out for a short hill walk to celebrate the New Year.  Foel Goch in the northern Arenigs looked to be a good option and this is where we headed.  We set off walking along a narrow lane at around half-past midday heading for the open hills.

On the summit of Foel Goch

It was cold and crisp, but sunny as we followed the footpath up into Cwm Da and onwards to reach the fence along the ridge.  Following this fence westwards, we reached the trigpoint on the summit of Foel Goch (Marilyn, Nuttall) at around 2:15pm.  There were excellent views from up here today!  Unfortunately my camera was broken (therefore the 4 photos in this post have been kindly supplied by Lynsey!)

Heading west from Foel Goch

New Year's Day sun

We headed west for around a kilometre before descending to the south and walking back to the car after a very good afternoon walk.

 View from west of Foel Goch

Written up in September 2013 from memories and photos