Date: 14 August 2022
Location: Carneddau
Tag Archives: Pen Yr Ole Wen
Llyn Ogwen
Llyn Ogwen and Pen yr Ole Wen
| Date | 8 February 2015 | ||
| Location | Llyn Ogwen | SH 66393 60330; 53.12334°N, 3.99806°W | |
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Cwm Idwal
Tryfan
Leaping from Adam to Eve. These two monoliths at the summit of Tryfan are some 3m high and are visible from the valley floor, approximately 600m below.
| Date | 8 June 2013 | ||
| Location | Tryfan, Glyderau | SH 66386 59408; 53.11505°N, 3.99777°W | |
Llyn Ogwen Pillbox I
Pillbox, looking over Llyn Ogwen towards Tryfan
| Date | 18 May 2013 | ||
| Location | Llyn Ogwen | SH 65486 60489; 53.12454°N, 4.01166°W | |
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With the fall of France and the defeat of the British Expeditionary Force in 1940, Germany, in the hope that Britain would surrender, made threats of imminent invasion. Turning the initial bluff into reality would, however, have taken a certain period of preparation, as Britain’s naval and air forces presented a formidable obstacle to mounting the threatened ground assault (codenamed Operation Sea Lion). Nonetheless, in the face of such threats, Britain undertook a major programme of constructing anti-invasion defences during 1940 and 1941. This involved building a network of coastal defences, backed up by a series of ‘stop lines’. Exploiting both natural and man-made barriers, such as rivers and railway cuttings, the stop lines were intended to slow down the advance inland of any invading force. The stop lines were reinforced with additional obstacles such as anti-tank blocks, barbed-wire entanglements, ditches and minefields, and were defended by gun emplacements and pillboxes. The pillbox at Llyn Ogwen, protecting the A5 road, was part of Western Command’s network of stop lines in Wales, intended to defend against a possible German invasion coming via Ireland. British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War (Wikipedia)
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Carneddau
At the summit of Carnedd Dafydd
| Date | 8 September 2012 | ||
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Carnedd Dafydd Carnedd Llewelyn Yr Elen |
SH 66293 63045; 53.14770°N, 4.00069°W SH 68373 64357; 53.16001°N, 3.97014°W SH 67308 65147; 53.16684°N, 3.98638°W |
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Other posts on the Carneddau range
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Panorama of the Glyderau from Carnedd Dafydd
Panoramic view from close to the summit of Carnedd Daffydd
| Date | 2 May 2011 | ||
| Location | Carnedd Dafydd, Carneddau | SH 66142 62941; 53.14672°N, 4.00290°W | |
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With an elevation of 1044 m, Carnedd Dafydd is the fourth highest peak in Wales (when Garnedd Ugain in the Snowdon massif is included). The name of the mountain means David’s Cairn, probably in honour of Dafydd ap Gruffudd, younger brother of the last independent prince of Wales, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. Dafydd was captured in 1283 and taken to Shrewsbury where he was hanged, drawn and quartered.
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Llyn Idwal
Llyn Idwal
| Date | 19 December 2010 | ||
| Location | Llyn Idwal, Glyderau | SH 64368 59635; 53.11658°N, 4.02801°W | |
Views from Y Garn
Elidir Fawr from Y Garn
| Date | 24 April 2010 | ||
| Location | Y Garn, Glyderau | SH 63098 59577 | 53.11573°N, 4.04694°W |
Pen Yr Ole Wen
Pen Yr Ole Wen summit
| Date | 17 April 2010 | ||
| Location | Pen Yr Ole Wen, Carneddau | SH 65596 61943 | 53.13762°N, 4.01064°W |
Cwm Lloer
Ffynnon Loer in Cwm Lloer in front of Pen Yr Ole Wen
| Date | 17 April 2010 | ||
| Location | Cwm Lloer, Carneddau | SH 66713 62444 | 53.14240°N, 3.99415°W |
Carneddau from Moel y Ci Forest
Carneddau from Moel y Ci Forest
| Date | 6 March 2010 | ||
| Location | Carneddau from Moel y Ci Forest | SH 59935 66184 | 53.17427°N, 4.09706°W |
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