Searching For The Source Of The River Dee (Afon Dyfrdwy)

[@jossthomas123456]

Interesting video and a great way to finish it, with a drink if it at the end.

[@sandradevi3079]

Another brill video!! Glad the ponies looked well fed. Loved your Celtic pagan history! XX

[@StonecatWales]

Hello Devi........................ You can't truly appreciate Wales if you don't acknowledge its ancient ancestry :) x

[@sandradevi3079]

@@StonecatWales I appreciate it more and more each day, as you can tell by my pagan escapades. x

[@MarkTWilliams1969]

Good and informative video Scot thanks for sharing 😀

[@StonecatWales]

I like to read up on the places I visit mate and pass on any obscure info' hopefully to improve the clip :) I have several mad-cap adventures planned over the coming months....................... Watch this space!

[@whitecompany18]

Nice one Scot, i didn't see if Griff Jones did the Dee source to sea , great series though. Great vid buddy

[@StonecatWales]

Yo mate :) Thanks for posting. Not sure if he covered it either. There is lots of stuff everywhere on the Dee, but little about its ancient and even prehistoric past and certainly little on it above Bala lake. If you get the opportunity, explore that area. :)

[@TheRunDanceKid]

Nice video, thanks for sharing.

[@StonecatWales]

Thanks for watching! Much appreciated. Cheers :)

[@WirralWill]

Another top video, really appreciate the effort you put into including interesting info throughout your vids. As usual I watch your vids then think "here's another place I'll have to add to the list of places I need to visit!"

[@StonecatWales]

Thanks for commenting.......................... I just post these clips for personal interest however, it is always a great bonus to be given words of support such as yours so it is hugely appreciated. And if someone is inspired to go there, all the better....................... I like to avoid people on my excursions and as others here have mentioned, the peaks in the southern part of Snowdonia are rarely visited. Once away from the road, we saw no one. So too when we went up Rhobell Fawr which is on my other channel, Scott's Walks And Rambles............................. Hope you get that way some time, you'll enjoy it. :)

[@ftr841]

We actually tried to do this walk recently but there were restricted access signs on the forestry tracks.

[@StonecatWales]

The whole forest belongs to Natural Resources Wales as such, the entire forest is public access. The signs you will have seen are old and were placed when former thinning/felling operations occurred. They are only advisory anyway. Several public foorpaths cross the woods too but are generally unuseable as they planted on top of them. I have tackled NRW about this and about 25% of the forest is to be felled between this autumn and 2027. The footpaths are to be reinstated. 12 months ago, they cleared the access roads and built a new bridge over the Dee within the forest to take the weight of the lorries. :) :)

[@kayo1425]

Great video. Where did you park? I'm interested in finding this. I have only found vague references of it being on the East slope. Were you walking on a trail, before heading into the bog? Cheers

[@StonecatWales]

Hi. Parking was on the main road between Bala and Dolgellau. If approaching from Bala, pass the junction with Llanuwchllyn and continue towards Dolgellau. After about 2.5 miles, you'll see a sign on the right saying Penaran Forest and soon after that on the left you'll see a lay by with a bar across a track leading from it. Park there. Walk along main road for 100 yards towards Dolgellau and you'll see a track on your right. Go down that. It takes you past a former railway crossing house, then over the river, turning sharp left. You are now on the forestry access road. Go through a locked gate after 150 yards more. Access at side. Stay on this track for about 2.5 miles. You'll cross the Dee twice in the forest. Once over the water and once through it at a ford. Stay until the track peters out. The mountain side is right opposite you. Head straight out towards it. It is only a half mile but can be rough under foot - and wet. If you wish to access the summit, follow the cliff face left and upwards. On your return, you can spot a gateway into the conifers not far from where you left them on the forestry track. You can head for this downhill, skirting an old sheep fold. Once in the trees, the ride is about 700 yards long and brings you back to the hard surfaced forestry track. follow back to your car. Hope this helps? :)