Sunday, 19 May 2024

Y Foel Lus


We had a truly spectacular walk from our holiday cottage this morning, taking in Y Foel lus, a 300m+ hill above Penmaenmawr. There was a low mist over the coast, but up here we were above the mist and it was almost like being in the high mountains looking down on the clouds. 

Llandudno sits on a flat piece of low lying land that was laid down by the River Conwy at the point where it enters the sea and it connects the Great Orme, which at times of higher sea levels would actually be an island, to the mainland. In the photo above the mist covering Llandudno really shows this well, with the Orme revealed in it's true light.


The mist didn't stretch far inland, covering only about half of Dwygyfylchi, just over a mile from the coast. Our holiday cottage is down there somewhere.



Two or three cuckoos were calling and there were plenty of stonechats.



In the woodland on the flanks of the hill we came across spotted flycatchers and redstarts. I'm sure that there must be pied flycatchers here but we didn't see any.

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