North Wales - Christmas Day 2007

Today's walk: Mynydd Carnguwch on the Lleyn Peninsula in North Wales


trees on the south side of the hill


climbing above the mist on the southern slopes of the hill


looking west from the slopes of the hill ..


.. and east towards Bwlch Mawr


the top just above the mist is Carn Bentyrch ..


.. 228m high above this low layer of mist


zooming in eastwards to what might be Moel Hebog but I'm not sure


the enormous cairn on top of Mynydd Carnguwch


looking west towards Carn Fadryn


zooming in on the mist southwards ..


.. and eastwards towards the hills of Snowdonia


view east from the top of the summit cairn


Gyrn Ddu and distant hills in Snowdonia from the top of the summit cairn


another zoomed in shot eastwards from the top of the cairn


360 degree panorama from Mynydd Carnguwch - click on the image for a larger version


eastwards from the foot of the cairn


Carn Bentyrch again


view west to Carn Fadryn from the foot of the cairn


Garn Boduan and Gwylwy Carreglefain from the foot of the cairn


looking back at the summit cairn


zoomed in eastwards - is this Moel Hebog - any suggestions?


descending southwards


Carn Fadryn and Garn Boduan from the foot of the hill


Mynydd Carnguwch from the slopes of Gwylwy Carreglefain

pictures taken with a Canon Digital Ixus 800 camera which has a StitchAssist mode for easy panoramas

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