"Tuesday 5th June 2018. An evening hike and hill-survey over the Eastern Migneint to Ysbyty Ifan, Conwy County. The hills were Ffridd y fedw 433m/33m and Pen Ffridd-sarn 441m/80m. 8.2km, with 350m of ascent. 3hrs 15mins. With AW needing to stay close to home due to his baby son, MP, AW and I met up in Betws y Coed for a quick meal at the Royal Oak Hotel before heading off in our three separate cars to the village of Ysbyty Ifan, set in the eastern folds of Conwy Moor. The southern part of the moor is known in Welsh as Y Migneint, a vast area of blanket bog which hardly ever dries out, even in the hot dry weather experienced throughout May 2018 (see at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migneint). Leaving two cars in the car park by the river, we continued in AW’s to a small lay-by further south on the B 4407 road that traverses the moor to Ffestiniog. From this road a path led south to cross the Afon Conwy by a footbridge, where the river is confined in a small rocky gorge. The trail heads south-west from there to a remote moorland refuge known as Cefngarw (see at https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/09/country-diary-loneliest-house-in-wales-snowdonia), which I..." — marktrengove2 • Jun 5, 2018