North Wales - Day 4

Our plan today was to meet up with the Bristol walking group the Shakey Strollers in Dolgellau in the afternoon, so we had time for a walk in the morning.

We did the Precipice Walk, which goes along a steep escarpment above the Afon Mawddach down in the valley below, and with views out to the estuary.

The path then goes round to Llyn Cynwch, a peaceful lake.

The deciduous forest near the lake has lots of moss, lichen and fungus.

We had our lunch then went to check in to the Torrent Walk campsite just outside Dolgellau. Our pitch had a picnic table on it, which was to come in useful over the weekend.

By 3pm none of the Bristol friends had arrived, so we decided to walk the Torrent Walk ourselves. This is a 3 mile walk directly from the campsite, up the side of a stream with waterfalls and back down again.

By the time we got back the others had started to arrive. Some were camping and some were staying in the bunkhouse. Our original plan had been to eat and socialise in the bunkhouse area, but as it was a Bank Holiday weekend the whole place was busy and we were told non-bunkhouse people couldn't use the bunkhouse facilities.

As it turned out we were able to eat our dinner, tagine provided by Liz and Toby, at the bunkhouse then a few of us went to our picnic table for a chat and a drink.