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Pontneddfechan Waterfalls
Sgwd Gwladys

7th November 2015

Leader: Terry Johns




We visited the famous Sgwd Gwladys Waterfall after a period of rain which had swollen the river higher than we'd seen on previous walks.  The leader had to shorten the walk because of the conditions.  Often there is just a trickle of water over the waterfall but today a torrent flowed over and made its way downstream.  We later visited the entrances to old mines and a ruined watermill before making our way out of the valley onto higher ground.



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Photographs



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Leader Terry Johns


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Entering the gorge at Pontneddfechan


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River swollen with rain water


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Water is moving quite fast!


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More water than we remember seeing before


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Lots of leaves lie on the ground


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Terry takes us to old mine workings


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Strong surge of water


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Another mine adit


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Which Terry tells us about


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Path leads to the waterfall


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Stop to look at the water before heading to the fall


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Sgwd Gwladys


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Now across the bridge for a closer look


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Magnificent today


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Huge amount of water heading downstream


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Heading for the mill


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At the confluence of two rivers


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Another mine adit


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Which is full of water


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The ruined watermill


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Lush ferns


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Toadstools


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Leaving another mine adit


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Ascending from the gorge


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Quieter away from the water


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Another stream


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Lichen


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Descending back to Pontneddfechan


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Into the Angel for refreshments
Now you've seen the photos, check out how the video brings it all to life at:
YouTube Video of the walk






Ordnance Survey map of the route walked
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All photographs Copyright  Andrew Morgan 2015
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