First set of pictures from a holiday in mid-September in North Wales in the tiny hamlet of Drws-y-Coed.

Ascent of Cnicht (689 m), a modestly sized mountain with a very distinctive triangular shape from the south and west. (Top left) The route started from the isolated Nantmor Mountain Centre (seen below). (Top right) The wet almost pathless “moonscape” of Bwlch y Battel (much of Snowdonia was like this!). (Bottom left) On better paths heading up towards Cnicht. (Top right) Nearly there!

(Top left) Cnicht is more of a ridge running SW-NE, with great views to either side. (Top right) Looking south and east to old slate workings on Moelwyn Mawr (770 m). (Bottom left) Looking north towards Snowdon / Yr Wyddfa (1085 m).
Peering through the window into the chapel at Dws-y-Coed, a splendid building for such a small hamlet, which can never have been particularly big, even at the height of copper mining in the area. Interestingly, this is the second chapel at Drws-y-Coed; the first was partially destroyed in 1892 by a large boulder!
Beaumaris Castle on the island of Anglesey. The castle was commissioned by Edward I, and work started in 1295. But progress was hampered by the enormous costs of construction, and work was eventually abandoned in 1330. Still, what remains is extraordinary.
Red Wharf bay on the north coast of Anglesey.

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