Tuesday, 20 October 2026

Walk with us :: Trefor Costal Circular

Hi there everyone ☺️

When we were at the lodge at the beginning of September with Jackie and Phil we managed a nice little circular walk at Trefor … which is not far along the coast from us.

We’ve always loved Trefor. It was one of the first little places we explored when buying the lodge back in 2022.

There’s not much there but it is just a beautiful spot and always feels very ‘mindful’. We often take visitors there for a bit of a wander and this was the second visit for Jackie and Phil.

Normally we just do a short walk … out along the pier and then along the coast to where the coastal path heads up along the cliff tops.

Martin and I did venture up the coastal path on one occasion earlier the year … when we were feeling quite enthusiastic. We actually got to watch dolphins in the bay before retracing our steps and coming back down.

On this visit we were aiming to go a little further.

We started out by the pier as usual …
… and carried on our usual walk to where the coastal path heads upwards. This time we carried on … with no plans of coming back this way like we did last time.

This time we had a short circular in mind …
It was pretty windy up on the coastal path but the views were just glorious …
After about a mile our route took us inland and away from the coast …
… through a beautiful rusty kissing gate …
… and back into the edge of the village …
Our plan had been to carry on through the village but we opted to take another path which took us back to the coast. We then just had a short walk back to the harbour … from where we’d started …
It was only a short walk … about two miles … but it felt like a real achievement as we’d never felt enthusiastic or fit enough to try it before. It’s definitely a walk we will do again for sure 👌 

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Tuesday, 13 October 2026

Lodge Life :: September 2026

Hi there everyone 😀

On 1st September Jackie and Phil joined us at the lodge for a few days stay.

There was rain forecast for our first full day so we headed for another visit to the garden centre that sells everything at Treborth and then onto Penrhyn Castle.

In the end the weather wasn’t too bad …
Penrhyn Castle is always impressive … the plaster carvings are just phenomenal … especially around the central staircase …
From Penrhyn we headed over to Anglesey to try out The Victoria for a late lunch and very nice it was too.

We ended up having a lovely day … missing any rain and still managing to do plenty.

The following day the weather looked a bit more promising and we headed over to Llanberis where we had a walk up to the old Quarry Hospital …
The views looking out from the hospital across the lake are always pretty spectacular …
The walk back down takes us past the bottom of the old slate wagon track …
We had a pitstop in the steam railway station cafe before heading up for a quick look at the Vivian Quarry …
… and then headed to the other side of the village for a short walk along the river to the Ceunant waterfall …
… which was in full flow following all the rain we’d had …
We spent Jackie and Phil’s last full day doing a bit of an extended wander at Trefor … something we’ve been meaning to do for ages and is definitely worthy of a ‘Walk with us’ post …
They headed for home the following day … but not before making our usual breakfast visit to Spooners cafe at the steam railway station in Porthmadog … that has definitely become a bit of a tradition …
We managed three more big days out before coming home ourselves.

Our first was to Harlech Castle … which is in a spectacular spot …
Our second was another good ‘Walk with us’ wander to St Cybi’s Well and the trig point beyond …
Our last day out was a trip on the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway … something we’d been meaning to do for a while …
It’s just a short trip on the steam train …
At the end of the line we all got off and watched the engine switch ends to pull us back …
… with a stop off at the yard at Gelert’s Farm …
… where there’s a bit of a museum … with plenty to see …
There’s also a miniature railway … which Martin managed to squeeze himself into …
We couldn’t resist another visit to Spooners … this time for lunch …
That was the end of our summer adventures in North Wales … it certainly had been a good one 🌞🌞🌞

We will be back in the autumn 🍁🍁🍁

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