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Finally, there is always a difficulty over the spelling of Welsh place names – even the Ordnance Survey is not fully consistent! I have therefore adopted spellings from the latest available OS maps at the time of writing and standardised on those. However, complete success in this would probably be too much to hope for, and I therefore apologise for any residual errors or inconsistencies.

Approaching Mynydd Tal-y-mignedd on the Nantlle ridge (NH 4)

THE FFESTINIOG HILLS

THE FFESTINIOG HILLS

Once upon a time the little group of hills that rises to the E of what is now the grim slate town of Blaenau Ffestiniog must have been as fresh and rewarding to climb as the Moelwyns, across the vale, are to this day. No longer – now they are scarred beyond redemption by quarries and spoil heaps. Worse still, beyond the immediate desolation lies an unsightly penumbra of rusting equipment, derelict power lines, litter and noise, where the dull thud of muffled explosions replaces the song of bird and brook.