Pont Llogel, for Lake Vyrnwy.
Sunday,
10th, April, 2022
Leader:
David Jakeman
Contact
number: 07824
542340
Email:
david.jakeman@talk21.com
Walk
distance: 11.75 miles, with a total of 2196’ of ascent.
Meet at the Abbey at 8.30, or advise if you intend going directly to the walk start.
Journey time: 62 mins
Distance to start: 38 miles
A clean Portaloo was in the carpark, on both occasions that the walk
was
recce’d, while toilets are also available approx’ ¾ way around the
walk,
adjacent to the dam, at
Lake
Vyrnwy.
This
circular walk heads
south, before very quickly picking up the Perindod Melangelll Walk,
heading roughly
towards the west. Eventually, we turn onto, Glyndwr’s Way, which takes
us to Lake
Vyrnwy.
Just
before the dam,
opportunity will be provided to use the snackbar/coffee shop and to
visit the
excellent bird hide, which will allow you to see, at close quarters, a
large
numbers of feeding birds. Lunch will also be taken here.
Staying
with Glyndwr’s
Way, we cross the dam, for a quick diversion to just beyond the hotel,
to take
dvantage of the view over the lake. We then drop down to walk past the
front of
the dam while heading south, to once again follow Glyndwr’s Way, which
will
take us back to Pont llogel.
This
is walk that I
planned two or three years ago, but put off using, because it appeared
to spend
too much time in forests. However, when I finally got to use it, this
wasn’t
the case. My wife and I have walked the route in both a day of rain and
another
one of sunshine and really enjoyed it, on both occasions (yes the
sunshine was
better). It is an easy but rewarding route, with just one hill slog and
some
lesser hills.
