MY WALKING WORLD - The Tarren Hills
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MY WALKING WORLD - The Tarren Hills |
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| 19/02/06 - This walk started from Abergynolwyn which is 7 miles north east of Tywyn.. The day was overcast with a cold wind and the walk took me through the forest and then up onto Tarrenhendre, after which there was a nice walk along the ridge followed by a steep climb straight up the hillside to the summit of Tarren y Gesail, then it was back down into the valley past some interesting quarry workings and then a tarmac lane down into the village. 9 miles in 5 ½ hours including breaks | ||||
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through the forest was along the forest road until I came to the point where
you had to turn right off the forest road and scramble up through the trees
to get on the ridge, if you reach a hut on the forest road you need to
retrace your steps about a hundred metres to find the point where you leave
the road. After that the walk is straight forward but the climb up the side
of Tarren y Gesail is steep and unrelenting. There is a small wind shelter
on the summit
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| The small station at the end of the Talyllyn railway above the village of Abergynolwyn. The forest footpath passes across the end of the line |
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| Up in the forest the road climbs steadily up through the trees |
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| After leaving the summit of Tarrenhendre this was the view along the ridge. Tarren y Gesail is in the distance with cloud on the summit | |
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| Looking north down the valley back towards the start point in the village | |
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| Looking back up the ridge towards the summit of Tarrenhendre |
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| The summit of Tarren y Gesail and time for dinner behind the small windshelter - not much of a view today |
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| While I was having my dinner I glanced down at my GPS and noticed it was reading an altitude of 667 metres. The Ordnance Survey map gives a height of 666 metres at this point. Definitely a useful piece of kit. The distance was reading 6.03 miles at this point which was about right |
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| Down in the valley this was the view across the deserted quarry workings. A lot of history around here |
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