Eglwyseg Mountain.

Yesterday was such a lovely warm day and we could not resist a drive into the country.

Instead of the Berwyn Mountains we went up over the mountains on the other side of the river Dee. Of course, it is not a real mountain like the Alps, but the map calls it Eglwyseg Mountain.

The drive started over the village of Garth and took as long the panorama road which we have been on before. The road then twisted away from the Dee and through a variety of fields and very sweet farm houses before hitting a small forest. On the other side of the forest we were greeted with a surprise mass of barren landscape not unlike the Berwyn Mountains and the air was just so fresh and invigorating. We drove through this landscape for a while before turning back towards horseshoe pass.

Whilst on our way back we found ourselves at a café dedicated to mountain biking, for a Tuesday morning it was surprisingly busy full of people just coming back from a mountain bike trek all covered in mud. Rather them than me, me thinks.

Pictures: The road above Llangollen with a view of the Ruin and pictures of the Eglwyseg Mountains