{"id":6635,"date":"2019-04-06T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/?p=6635"},"modified":"2022-04-11T16:39:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T15:39:01","slug":"rhinogydd-ramble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/rhinogydd-ramble\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhinogydd Ramble"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve just (January 2021) found this post saved as a draft from April 2019, with no clear reason why it wasn’t ever finished or posted. It’s from a backpacking trip in the Rhinogydd, undertaken back when we could actually meet other people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We started with a traverse of Rhinog Fawr, including the fun \/ steep \/ rocky gully descent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ve recently heard that there is an easier \/ faster \/ less steep way off Rhinog Fawr. But is it as much fun?!
\u00a9 Haydn Williams 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After also ambling up and over Rhinog Fach we made our way to camp for the night. This was in the shadow of a hunting lodge (still in use and firmly locked up, so no surprise luxurious accommodation for us!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tent city.
\u00a9 Haydn Williams 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Looking west across the boggy wasteland!
\u00a9 Haydn Williams 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The walk out the following morning took us through some old quarry workings with associated dark-and-dank buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Overwhelming sensory input at the point of taking this photo: the smell of goat.
\u00a9 Haydn Williams 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There followed what was possibly the most awkward tussocky marsh ground I’ve ever experienced (and I’ve done lots of mountain marathons!), eventually intersecting a bridleway and some easier going. All that remained was to forge our way across a tiny dam and through some forestry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pipe sending supplies from the golden syrup mines of North Wales to the cities of Liverpool and Manchester. Or possibly just something hydroelectric.
\u00a9 Haydn Williams 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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