Rock, water, sky and solitude in Snowdonia

Talsarnau, Gwynedd Not another person was visible in this elemental landscape. But there was activity on the waters of Llyn y DywarchenBeyond the water-lily lake of Llyn Tecwyn Isaf, in Snowdonia national park, the farm road zigzags steeply to Caerwych, from whence a splashy path slips round beneath Y Gyrn to climb into a region of marshy flats where bog asphodel and creeping spearwort flower. Recent waymarking lures you on through terrain problematical in mist to the bronze age trackway.A short, gentle, ascent leads to Bryn Cader Faner's corona of outward-pointing rocks atop a grassy bluff. It's one of the most beautiful bronze age monuments in Britain. Continue reading...