You may want to choose short self-guided circuits: through dunes to wide sandy beaches, to the picturesque waterfalls of Cwm Nantcol, enjoying awesome views along the Mawddach estuary, or setting off to discover the hills and fields immediately behind your accommodation. There are longer (half-day) walks that can take you further into wild landscapes above Harlech (where poet Roberts Graves spent his childhood roaming), onto heathered hills between the estuary and the sea above Barmouth, or in search of King Arthur’s Quoits (in fact prehistoric burial chambers) which he threw down from the summit of Moelfre. Among the options for full-day outings are an ascent of Moelfre (in Arthur’s footsteps, quoit throwing optional) and loops to the lovely Cregennen lakes beneath Cadair Idris, or to the still waters of Llyn y Fedw above Harlech.
On an Original Escape, the Upland Manager will be organising walks into the lonely fastnesses of the Rhinogs, treading the ‘Roman Steps’, climbing to the rocky summit of Rhinog Fawr, or following a horse-shoe ridge above the Ysgethin valley in search of wild goats. Weather and energy willing, there might also be opportunities to reach the summits of Snowdon or Cadair Idris.
