Bungle's Blog

04/10/2026

The forecast this morning was for mist and very little wind so off we headed, bleary-eyed out of bed at 4am to Llynnau Mymbyr hoping for still waters on the lake followed by a plan to head up Moel Siabod. Alas, the wind was stronger than forecast which rippled the waters and the cloud was thick a-top the mountain and set to get worse throughout the day. Backup plan took us instead into the woods for some mushroom hunting and back along the riverside via this pretty little house tucked in amongst the trees above the Bryn Glo car park. A familiar route, plenty of mushrooms and nice to see autumn colours starting to appear.

Four and a bit miles, a couple of stiles and some sheep but nothing technical.

02/10/2026

20/09/2026

A new mountain for me today. Quite a long drive to be able to walk Cnicht from the little village of Croesor. We had a grand day out, the weather was perfect. There was an exciting bit of scrambling up some rocks, Mum and Dad gave me a little helping hand at times and the old parkour skills came in handy. Upon reaching the ridge there was some great strolling to be done followed by a lot of boggy ground through the 'Welsh Lake District'. Even after all of our dry weather of recent months, I was up to my belly at times. Heaven knows what it's like in winter! The final part took us to Rhosydd Quarry and up a final steep incline push, past yet another lake then a gloriously easy and wide path which followed the old tramway back down to the village. Mum and Dad stopped at the perfectly placed .croesor right by the carpark for refreshments at the end. Sleepy little boy in the car on the drive home!

7.5 miles, two stiles to be carried over, the rest also had gates or I could wriggle under. 🐾🐾🐾🐾

14/09/2026

The joys of furniture shopping, I really hope we get this fluffy rug 😍😍

03/09/2026

Family day out to Llandudno. Saw lots of other dogs out and about with their parents and thankfully the rain kept off!

31/08/2026

The end of August and the leap into Autumn. Mum had a birthday last week and as Dad was working it was just the two of us up Moel Famau for the traditional morning hike, cloudy up top but we made a good time of 40 mins from the carpark - very happy with that given the sniffathon along the route! This weekend was spent at home with a local walk at Gresford in the woods until today when we decided to brave any showers and have a gentle wander at Craflywn near Beddgelert - nice to see the waterfalls starting to flow again after all of the dry days this month.

16/08/2026

A family trip to Eryri on Friday took us to the very busy Capel Curig and the Ogwen Valley. We stayed out for the night, it was so very comfy sleeping on the van pillows! When the alarm went off at 5am it took a little while to wake my sleepy eyes but we needed an early start to park up in the valley and beat the crowds. We headed to the quieter side, following Ffynnon Lloer to the top and watching the light change across the valley as the sun dipped in an out of the clouds. Finished our walk by lunchtime so Mum and Dad boiled up a coffee while I snoozed then we headed off for a second walk from Bryn Glo through the woods and over the hillside, returning via the pub where we had tea - they do a cracking burger and steak pie! Tyn-y-Coed Hotel

The hoped-for sunset wasn't to be, not a cloud in the sky and lacking atmosphere so we travelled back late on via a quick stop at the panorama in Llangollen then home for much needed sleep - although by the look of the photos you will see that I wasn't exactly too short of sleep over this trip 😂😴

11/08/2026

The tree in the garden keeps dropping these fabulous new balls for me to play with, they are pretty tasty too! 😜🍎

02/08/2026

Back in the mountains with a bang today and I got to place my paws on a new summit, Pen Llithrig y Wrach meaning Hill of the Slippery Witch. Mum and Dad tell me that they've done this route a couple of times and are usually plodding through boggy ground but today it was lovely and dry and we managed to keep on the path all the way. We were chased by ponies at one point, so much for trying to not disturb them! Our route down took us over Pen yr Helgi Du which I've done before as a pup then we called at the Secret Coffee Shop for drinks to take on the two mile plod along the old road back to the van. Little did we know that there was a full two mile plague of flying ants that we ended up power walking through. Shattered by the time we got back.

We saw sheep, cows (but they were plenty far away) and the ponies along the way, a few stiles to be carried over and many easy gates. Lots of water taken and all of it drunk, luckily there was some nice flowing water to fill up from and to dip my paws in on the way down. This is the peaceful side of the Ogwen Valley, we never saw a person for the first half and then just the odd few further on. Ten miles in the bag.