🥾 Castell Y Bere (En)
Photo of Castell y Bere © Ian Medcalf (cc-by-sa/2.0)
- Overview -
On Sunday, we'll be heading to Castell y Bere, a castle ruin in the remote valley to the west of Cader Idris.
- Difficulty -
- Signing Up -
To sign up, head to our club webpage, and under the 'Products' tab you’ll find ‘Hiking - Castell y Bere’. Add that to your basket and checkout.
The sign-up will be available on Saturday only.
Tickets cost £7 to help cover the hire cost of the minibus.
If you miss the sign-up, please email us to be put on a waiting list.
- Description -
Meet at the Lidl carpark for 09:00. From there we will depart for Castell Y Bere stopping at Dôl Idris Car Park to use the toilets before continuing to the castle. We will look around the castle before heading north along a single-track road to the hamlet of Llanfihangel-y-Pennant and then north-east up the valley following the Afon Cader on our left. We will cross a bridge and climb the lower slopes of Mynydd Pencoed before turning right and following the Nant Pencoed until we reach the northwest slope of the Dysynni Valley and Tal-y-Llyn Lake. We will then head southwest through a mixed broadleaf and coniferous forest that follows the side of the valley down to Nant-yr-eira. From here we will make are way back to the minibus between the hills known as Mynydd Tyn-y-fach and Foel Cae’rberllan.
The hike will be around 12.93km with 517m of ascent.
- Meetings, Timings, and Transport -
We will be traveling by minibus. We’ll meet at Lidl Car Park at 08:45.
We will depart Aberystwyth at 09:00, and we should be back around 17:00 at the latest.
- Equipment -
- Walking boots*
- At least 3 layers of clothing for your torso
- Sun protection (sun hat, sunglasses, sun cream)
- A suitable bag to carry everything
- At least 3l of water
- Lunch and snacks
- Medication (if needed)
*If you want to check the suitability of your footwear, or borrow equipment (e.g. waterproof trousers), please email us on hikingclub@aber.ac.uk. Please contact us at least 24 hours before the event