Ocasta

Between Christmas and New Year we took a couple of days out in Wales. For those who haven't been, Wales is a small country of dramatic scenery and equally dramatic weather. This year we were blessed with some stunning winter sunshine. We took the opportunity to head up Cader Idris from the west side as described in the the guidebook from Bike Fax. We knew we'ed be going up for most of the journey, but underestimated the amount of pushing rather than riding. But since the weather was so mild and the views so stunning it didn't matter.

As we neared the saddle of the mountain/hill we discovered that all the walkers came up the east side from Dolgellau. From this point we had an excellent vista in all directions. Given the time of day we decided that this was a far as we would go and commenced a fast and chilly decent. This still gave us time to catch an amazing sunset, walk around the old cemetry at Llanfihangel y Pennant and the castle ruins of Castell y Bere. All in all an excellent day out. An area I would heartily recommend to others.