A walk around Penardda
Our walk today involved a very steep ascent from the waterworks at Pont Dolgarrog in the Conway Valley up towards the leat that we followed for a good way until we reach Coedty Reservoir. This area is known as Ardda (Garden) and it has a long history of people farming the area. Tyddyn Wilym is a site of immense historical significance, as a site of national importance to Walesa, although the original farm was demolished. It was here that Gwilym Colwyd (1828-1904),the poet was born, and he believed that this was also the birthplace of Dr Thomas Wiliems (d1620) who compiled the first Latin-Welsh dictionary. William Colwyd (his bardic name) won the Chair in 1861 Conwy National Eisteddfod.
On the way we saw a large heard of wild ponies that roam the area , you can very often come across them on top of the Caerneddau, there must have been at least 20 or more today.
On the way down you get fantastic views of the Conwy Valley
You can see from this picture how steep the hill from the waterworks is, the footpath goes through the wood and that goes straight up so we always choose to follow the road as it is not as steep. The wood is full of tall trees, covered in moss and ivy, on a sunny day this is one of my favourite walks, with its horses, views and history. On my next visit here I will visit the remains of the medieval settlement on the top of Penardda (420m).
We climbed 419m today and the walk was 4 miles
That's all for now lv Hef
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