Sun 20 May 2018
After breakfast (we asked for a smaller amount this morning!) and checking out of the B&B we set off for the village of Llanfihangel-y-pennant where we were to start today’s walk that would see us 
complete the last two Nuttalls in the Cadair Idris range. The village is famous for Mary Jones who inspired the founding of the British and Foreign Bible Society. We parked near Mary Jones’ Chapel and the first kilometre was on metalled road, passing the monument to Mary Jones in the ruin of her house.
complete the last two Nuttalls in the Cadair Idris range. The village is famous for Mary Jones who inspired the founding of the British and Foreign Bible Society. We parked near Mary Jones’ Chapel and the first kilometre was on metalled road, passing the monument to Mary Jones in the ruin of her house.
At the end of the metalled section the route became a bridle path rising gently above the Afon Cadair. We deviated from Nuttall’s suggested route here – leaving the bridle way and keeping to the track that the book says is private. It now appears to be a permissive path, re-joining the bridle way about a kilometre further up the valley. A cuckoo flying low was a good spot here. A little further on at Hafoty Gwastadfryn we had our 10 minute banana/coffee break and heard and saw a reed bunting.
The route continued uphill on grassy slopes, eventually coming up to a fence which we followed west to the rocky top of Carnedd Lwyd. Our first summit, Tyrrau Mawr, was just a 10 minute walk further west. There is no cairn or trig pillar to mark the summit; just a grassy top where you had to decide for yourself where the highest point was. The ground fell away pretty precipitously to the north though.
Our route now turned south-west, descending 150metres to a col but still following a fence; not that we needed any navigation aid as the weather was fine and we could see our objective. Craig-y-llyn was another grassy top but with a white quartz rock that may, or may not, have marked the exact position of the summit. This is where I think we had our lunch break (as I am 
writing this a month after the event my memory is beginning to get a bit hazy).
writing this a month after the event my memory is beginning to get a bit hazy).
The descent was fairly straightforward on the western slopes of Mynydd Pennant down across fields to Nant Caw-fawr (where Vince spotted a grey wagtail). The only issue was at Maes-y-llan where there was clearly no right of way through the farm as suggested by Nuttall. This necessitated continuing along the Afon Cadair for 800m to get back to the metalled road used at the start of the walk.
| Summit | Height (m) | Status | ||
| Tyrrau Mawr | 661 | Hewitt, Nuttall | ||
| Craig-y-llyn | 622 | Hewitt, Nuttall |
Birds added to the list today:
| Blue Tit | Collared Dove | Goldfinch |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Grey Heron | Grey Wagtail |
| House Martin | House Sparrow | Jackdaw |
| Reed Bunting | Starling | Swallow |
| Swift | Tree Pipit | Treecreeper |
| Whinchat | Whitethroat | Woodpigeon |
| Yellowhammer | ||
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