{"id":16885,"date":"2014-05-31T08:49:47","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T07:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16885"},"modified":"2014-05-31T14:44:44","modified_gmt":"2014-05-31T13:44:44","slug":"ride-nant-y-moch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/05\/ride-nant-y-moch\/","title":{"rendered":"A Ride to Nant y Moch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u00a0was the last day of Half Term and finally I had a day that I could spend with Morgan. So, after a few chores around the house and a little bit of work we headed up to Pendam for a mountain bike ride.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan wanted to head out to Nant y Moch, but I wanted to check on one of our &#8216;<a title=\"Four New Geocaches - Watery Wales\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/four-new-geocaches-watery-wales\/\">Watery Wales<\/a>&#8216; series of geocaches that had been proving difficult for people. Quite a few people had been having trouble finding the cache at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/geocache\/GC10DY0_watery-wales-1-llyn-blaenmelindwr\">Llyn Blaenmelindwr<\/a> so I wanted to check that it was still there. We therefore set off around the lake first, along the sections of trail known as &#8216;Diggers End&#8217; and the &#8216;Spine&#8217;. The geocache was indeed there and all was well with it so after a quick stop we continued on our way around the lake and then off towards Llyn Syfyddrin.<\/p>\n<p>The sun was shining, there was very little wind and very few people about. In fact we hadn&#8217;t seen anyone at all yet and only saw one other person all day. Our route took us along an easy trail full of puddles to weave between and then a few deeper ones to splash through. Which Morgan of coursed loved! 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Don&#8217;t worry, it won&#8217;t become a habit I&#8217;m sure.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16891\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Selfie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16891\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16891\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Selfie-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"Selfie\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Selfie-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Selfie-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Selfie.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Selfie<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After a while we set off back the way we came and stopped off at an old farmhouse. It would be a lovely place to live with amazing views out across the hills.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-16885 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/View.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"89\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/View-120x89.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"View\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-16893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/View-120x89.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/View-550x410.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/View.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-16893'>\n\t\t\t\tView\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/View-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"89\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/View-2-120x89.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"View\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-16892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/View-2-120x89.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/View-2-550x410.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/View-2.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-16892'>\n\t\t\t\tView\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It needs a bit of work though!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16890\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Needs-Some-Work.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16890\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16890\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Needs-Some-Work-550x410.jpg\" alt=\"Needs Some Work\" width=\"550\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Needs-Some-Work-550x410.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Needs-Some-Work-120x89.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Needs-Some-Work.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Needs Some Work<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Once back at the car we had a picnic lunch overlooking Llyn Blaenmelindwr and then headed off to meet Anna in Penrhyncoch. 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