This year we holidayed in the North Wales village of Beddgelert (map ref. 590482), with our friends, Roger and Pauline, and Roger and I climbed some of the nearby mountains. This site shows some of the photographs I took while out climbing.
Maps used
The maps I used are the OS. Landranger sheet 115, and OS. Outdoor Leisure sheet 17.
Other publications
Family Walks from Beddgelert by Gwynedd Crafts Gift shop, Beddgelert.
The Ascent of Snowdon by E. G. Rowland.
North Wales, Red Guide, a Ward Lock publication.
Snowdonia: Forest Park guide by H. M. Stationary Office.
The photograhs. (All © Michael Badger)
All photographs taken by myself using a Konica Z-UP 110 35mm. compact and Fuji Superia Reala 100ASA film, sometimes with a pocket tripod (Jessops UKP3.99), most times without.
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• Craig y Llan 1,000ft. (305mtrs.)(map ref. 596475)
• Moel y Dyniewyd 1,254ft. (382mtrs.)(map ref. 613477)
• Moel Hebog 2,566ft. (782mtrs.)(map ref. 565469)
• Next page Yr Aran plus Snowdon 2,451ft. (747mtrs.)(map ref. 605515) and 3,560ft. (1085mtrs.)(map ref. 610544) resp.

Picture 1
We started by walking from the village to the summit of Craig y Llan. Craig y Llan is a steep little mountain, rising to exactly 1,000 feet, and it lies to the south-east of Beddgelert, as seen here from the Porthmadog road.

Picture 2
The route we took is the one that starts just beyond the far end of Sygun Terrace. On the way up there are good views of Beddgelert, Yr Aran to the north and Moel Hebog to the west, and from the summit can be seen the top of Snowdon. At the summit I took the photograph shown here. Roger with myself on the right, and Snowdon in the right background.

Picture 3
To descend we went north-east to Bwlch y Sygun, then turned south down the Cwm Bychan valley, then round the outside of the Welsh Highland Railway tunnel by way of the Fisherman's path to join up with the railway embankment further up the Aberglaslyn Pass, and this picture shows the embankment and short railway tunnels here.

Picture 4
Moel y Dyniewyd is idealy climbed as an extention of the previous mountain, Craig y Llan, so we climbed Craig y Llan first then went on to Moel y Dyniewyd by way of the ridge top route, following a wire fence for most of the time. This picture shows us on the summit with the Moelwyns in the background.

Picture 5
To descend we backtracked as far as the path that comes up from Cwm Bychan where we turned right and followed the path, just seen to the right of the fir tree, down to Llyn Dinas, then back via the minor road to Beddgerlert.

Picture 6
We climbed Moel Hebog by way of the path from the Royal Goat Hotel, and via a lane to Cwm Cloch farm, then up the public footpath as shown on the OS. map, through a gate in a wall, to the summit, as seen here, with Snowdon (in cloud) and Yr Aran in the background.

To descend we followed the wall that goes from the summit in a north-easterly direction as far as Bwlch Meillionen, where we turned right and went through Beddgelert Forest and out via the public RoW to Cwm Cloch, and so back to the village.