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.
Nav practice session for a friend preparing for ML assessment. Gyrn Wygau and then nearly to Drosgl. Unfortunately pain from an unresolved ankle injury meant that I turned back at that point. Fab lichens in rocky area near Drosgl summit, including pixie cups. Our trainee friend hadn't seen them before so told him a bit about lichens.
