Rachel didn't come on our walk today, she spent the day in Portmeirion and Porthmadog. So six of us drove in two cars to Llyn Cwm Bychan, a lake in the Rhinog hills.
The path goes up a stone staircase called the Roman Steps. it's quite steep at times. There were some goats in a field beside the path.
We stopped for coffee at a spot with great views, then carried on up.
We eventually stopped at Llyn Du, a small lake in a spectacular setting. We had a long lunch break here.
The paths going further up from here looked a bit harder than we all could comfortably tackle, so we decided to stop here and have a leisurely walk back down. The sun was very warm by now. The walk was only about 7 km long, but with 430 metres of ascent.
We decided to drive to Porthmadog to meet up with Rachel, so Barry suggested the "scenic" route over the hills. The was a single track road with great views but many steep hairpin bends and gates to open. All good fun though.
We met up with Rachel for a drink in the Australia Inn, then drove back to the cottage.
Later for dinner Tamsin and Barry made us tofu, cashew and spinach curry with rice. We stayed in afterwards for more chatting and drinking.
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