Mince pies and Mulled wine, Llanegryn

It has become a tradition that at least once during the festive season we enjoy some minced pies and mulled wine during a walk and so you are invited to come along on this 6.5 mile circular walk that begins and ends in the small village car park at the Neuadd in Llanegryn to join in this tradition. We will leave the village and using minor roads and field paths we shall follow a small stream through a wood. The path here is steep and very narrow so care must be taken but we shall soon emerge into open farmland and a little further on we shall have a coffee stop. Depending on the weather it will be here where we shall have our coffee supplemented by festive refreshments. After these we will continue our walk which will be on a combination of farm paths and minor roads. There are 2 tricky wall stiles to be negotiated but there will be many hands to help people cross these safely and we shall then descend a bridleway to enjoy distant views over the Broadwater, which is where the River Dysynni flows into Cardigan Bay. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries small ships were launched from here to carry peat from local peat bogs. The area is now a saltwater lagoon formed from the silted up estuary and provides a home to over wintering and migratory wetland birds. Further on, our route takes us closer to the reeded banks of the Dysynni before going steeply uphill to once again pick up a minor road to return to the village. There are several stretches of paths that are likely to be boggy and muddy so gaiters and walking poles are recommended. Total ascent is approximately 780 feet.