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The Carneddau (lit. "the cairns"; Carneddau is a Welsh plural form, and is sometimes anglicised to Carnedds) are a group of mountains in Snowdonia, Wales. They include the largest contiguous areas of high ground (over 2,500 or 3,000 feet (910 m) high) in Wales and England, as well as six or seven of the highest peaks in the country—the Fourteen Peaks. The range also encloses a number of lakes such as Llyn Cowlyd and Llyn Eigiau, and the Aber Falls waterfalls. It is delimited by the Irish Sea to the north, the Conwy valley to the east, and by the A5 road from Betws-y-Coed to Bethesda to the south and west. The area covers nearly 200 square kilometres, about 10% of the area of Snowdonia.
Walk with Candy to 'tick off' the North Top from my list. Warm sunny day. Headed North from Capel Curig along wet, boggy path to Llyn Cowlyd, then plodded up through bilberry and heather to the summit. Once there, saw that there was a better path nearer the ridgeline. Good path to the North Top where we stopped to admire fine views across the park, especially Tryfan, as well as to Anglesey. Took the advice of a walker met at the summit to follow the South ridge along to Crimpiau, then head East to join the good path back to Capel Curig. Path along the ridge was good but difficult to find a route down to the path - we managed after some pushing through scrub and bramble on steep slopes. Last km to Capel Curig through ancient mossy woodland was an unexpected joy.
