The walk on Wednesday with Orin and Siska took us from Talysarn, cross-country towards Lon Ddwr (Water Road is the direct translation) in Llanllyfni. On the walk we saw two gates onto different paths. The first seemed to go along the river back towards Penygroes, I imagined it would come out near the football club, yeah, it had to, therefore I'd let Blade and Nikki run down there many moons ago! The second was much further along the walk and seemed to take you into Llanllyfni. Well, today we had to try them!
I swear it was Linda's idea to go through the first gate and down the riverside, therefore it was her fault that Beti pulled me down the three-foot bank leaving me in a very precarious position and unsure how I'd get out again. I must admit I was seething with Beti, her excitement near the water was on another level, and she switched her ears and common sense hat off. I told Steve when I got home, he laughed and said "I hope Linda took a photo!!!!" Sulking, we turned back and went onto the walk that takes you over the river and towards Lon Ddwr. I'll go back to the riverside walk with my sensible lovelies! 
A lovely walk over farm land and footpaths past the farm and to the second unexplored gateway.
I guess this is where it started to get confusing - but we found the second gate and the third. All similar kissing gates, but with no signs whatsoever to give you any idea of which direction to take. The third gate was a little odd, holly seemed to have been trained to grow over the top of it making it difficult for anyone over 4ft to get through, but we did. I knew exactly where I was, I could see the road from Llanllyfni to Penygroes, I could see the river and bridge, but what neither of us could see, was where we went next! We tried several ways looking for the next gate, but there was no obvious way out of this field. I walked over to one wooden gate, which had fencing panels around it and a very overgrown area behind it, and as I walked away I heard a voice, "Can I Help You?" A man stood at the farmhouse gate, I called back and told him we were lost .. well we couldn't find where the path went next anyway. He was very obliging and told us there was no way through, but we could go through his property and back down onto the road. He wasn't nervous of the dogs, but I do wish he hadn't decided to move the large stick out of our way .. of course Ross wanted it!
Steve assures me that the fenced off area was once an exit from the footpath and that it used to go down under the road. He used to walk it regularly many moons ago when he lived in Penygroes. Well times have change, I used to drive the track in the photo below from Joan's house to the Ozanam Centre, now it's a footpath, and very overgrown further on. Anyway, on this path not far from where Beti is, what did we find? A footpath sign ... I'm sure had we known where to head for from the fields that we could have come out here. I'll go back and set off from here I think!
