While many people headed to Snowdonia’s honey pots over Easter Weekend, team Ty Beic stayed closer to home and the gloriously deserted Carnedd y Filiast.

The mountain (I checked, it is one), is about a 15 minute drive away and overlooks Llyn Celyn with views across to Snowdon and Clocaenog Forest.

The route up and down is about 8 miles and is extremely easy to navigate with a clearly defined track to the summit.

And that track is begging to be ridden. Next time…

One local rag described scenes on Snowdon as resembling “Alton Towers” and covered in “human excrement.” I seriously doubt this was true as the unnamed local rag has some of the worst reporting and standards of journalism I have come across.  Whatever the case, Snowdon would have been crowded.  Carnedd y Filiast was not, in fact we do not see a soul.

And to finish the afternoon, we called into Manon’s Cafe at the National Whitewater Centre for one of their delicious wood fired pizzas.  No photos as I ate to too fast.