Done this hike on numerous occasions in all weathers, found it best to start in the village & have the reward of the gorge at the end, stunning scenery anyway, thanks for sharing. Btw, Gellert pronounced with a hard G sound not J as in jelly 😁👍
@Andy Taylor With hindsight, I'd have done the same thing as I agree the reward of the gorge at the end would be immense! Plus, unlike the Aberglaslyn carpark, there's places for refreshments instead of only the banana you saw me eating at the end! I'm going to pin this comment at the top and hopefully people who watch the video will see your suggestion of starting in the village. Thank you too for the help with the pronunciation. Sadly I think my mispronunciation of place names has become something of a trend on this channel 🤦♀️ I was so proud of myself of for finding out the 'dd' was a 'th', I didn't realise I was getting another part wrong! 🤣
Yay, pleased you're seeing the beauty in Wales and want to visit on your next trip, it really is a stunning place... and always, thank you for your kind comments 🙏
Last night when we watched this Adam learned the phrase “cream crackered” and he has not stopped saying it since haha. What an awesome phrase! Love getting to see other countries and learn British lingo from you!
YES!!! A bit of cockney rhyming slang making it's way across to the US. I'm not one to normally use cockney rhyming slang, it's just one that has stuck and I use it a lot when out adventuring as I have a habit of tuckering myself out! I'm now going to keep an ear out in your videos for Adam using the phrase. Whilst it's probably going to make my day, I bet loads of your US audience would be so confused!! 🤣 So pleased I'm getting to share some culture back in your direction as I've been sponging off you guys for a year or 2 now getting my US culture and general goings on over there.
I couldn't believe the story as I kept reading through it. But the sad story aside, I agree, it's a fab way to get in exercise and see stunning views at the same time - all of that was a good way to get me happy again after the sad story!
Very envious that you're headed there soon, I'm sure you'll love it as much as I did! I've also got some videos from Snowdon via the Rhyd Ddu path th-cam.com/video/Ch57FKF6hFE/w-d-xo.html Glyders via Devil's Kitchen th-cam.com/video/AAwEV5tajwc/w-d-xo.html Vivian Slate Quarries th-cam.com/video/N6FGnRsTUvs/w-d-xo.html Aber Falls th-cam.com/video/eSiNQSxViDo/w-d-xo.html Cnicht th-cam.com/video/hTBSlZqCIcs/w-d-xo.html and Llyn Elsi th-cam.com/video/0qgcDCzSTcoi/w-d-xo.htmlf you have any interest in any of those.
Hi guys. Just came across your channel & decided to watch some of your videos. Very impressive with great presentation. Love the b-roll shots as well. As a filmmaker myself I can appreciate your creative shots which can take a lot of time to set up. You have a new subscriber. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos. 🙂🙂👍👍
Hi Martin, thank you so much for such a kind comment that you've left on this video. So happy to hear you've watched a few videos and are wanting to see more so have subscribed! I can't wait to share more adventures with you! 🙏
We're headed to the UK for August and September and will spend a week in Wales. We've definitely subscribed and look forward to more of your adventures.
Thank you for the sub - it means a lot! 🙏 I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that the weather behaves itself. August will still be the kids school holidays so may be a little busier, but come September, the crowds will die down, but it should hopefully still be nice weather wise!
@@WhenAdventureKnox Most of August we'll be up in Scotland and won't be down to Wales until after the kids are back in school. We think weather is just what it is and we'll dress for for it. We say that until we're caught in an absolute deluge and freeze our butts off!
@Well Travelled Life Oooh Scottish Schools go back earlier than English ones so you may avoid a lot of the swell that comes from that. Then you perfect come down to England in time for that calming down here too. The weather is so unpredictable so you're spot on with just having the right clothes. If there's an absolute deluge - head to the nearest pub like everyone else! 🙌
Beautiful scenery and good detail as always - loved how it followed the river up to Beddgelert, it all looked so peaceful. Sometimes you have to get a bit lost to see all the best places, as long as you find your way back in the end! Interesting to see the old tramway, quite a nice touch that they've left it up there - always good to see a bit of history. Did you get a ticket in the end?
No... no ticket thankfully! But we'd have just shared our membership numbers and I think it'd have been OK. The tramway was very interesting and TH-cam suggested a Tom Scott video to me a few weeks back where he visits the last working one left and it's run on gravity and no electricity... was fascinating!
Hi Caroline & Andy, I am certainly hooked on your videos, quite inspiring. Possibly a silly question, how or where do you obtain your walking routes as I would very much like to spend my weekends exploring trails around the UK?
Heya, sorry for the delay as we've been away exploring over this bank holiday weekend. For a while, we'd get our trails from a range of different sources, Facebook Groups, All Trails, Komot and general online searches, sometimes using tourist board or national park websites. However more recently we've found ourselves just going onto All Trails and using theirs... often going for some of the highest rated walks that fit our distance/time/difficulty wants, and some of these have been just amazing. For this particular walk, it was recommended to me by a member of a walking in the UK Facebook group I'm a member of, and the link they gave me was this one: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wales/craflwyn-and-beddgelert/aberglaslyn-llyn-dinas-and-cwm-bychan-walk I hope this helps.
I got a bit emotional hearing the dog story. Another great vlog. Some great camera angles. Did you not get fed up of placing the camera and going back for it lol. I especially loved the angle close to the stream showing your feet and reflection in the water. Looks fabulous. You are looking great too. X
The dog story was so sad and as we walked away from the grave, a dog walker asked if they were going in the right direction and then asked who Gelert was. Felt awful retelling it with their adorable pooch right there. The retracing of the steps often depends on just how exhausted I'm feeling and how much incline too, but I love seeing the results afterwards. Really happy that you liked the one of our feet reflected in the water towards the end, I liked that one too ❤
I remember the waterfall, I was just so tired I think I only filmed from the top (where the bit of wood goes across the top) and didn't think to film from the bottom. I'm sure that if I'd done the hike your way around I'd have thought to film the other way around because 1 I'd have been less tired, but 2, I'd have seen it from that view! I always say on circular hikes you have to remember to turn around, but I'm not the best at following my own advice!
Heya. For the most part it was very easy as a lot of it only gave 1 path as an option. The trickiest part was once we got up into the hills, though we realised after we'd taken the wrong turn and doubled back, that the original path we tried met up with the path we took further down! This will be a lovely into for your son to get into hiking - I hope you both enjoy it!
Did you see any dragons, dwarves, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, satyrs, goblins, orcs, trolls, dark elves, leprechauns, halflings, centaurs, half-elves, and/or unicorns in the woodland?
It is sometimes best to do such off road trails in a 'clockwise' direction than to go against the clock, as I found out, but be aware of time of day, weather, the direction one is going or should be? Beddgelert is also famous in regard media design, the Daily Mail 'Rupert Bear' newspaper cartoons tories illustration were do by a local resident Alfed Bestall MBE.
Oooh that's really cool that the cartoonist was a local resident in Beddgelert. Really refreshing to hear of people who have broken into the types of industries where there's the expectation that you should live in London to do the work. When you say 'as I found out', hope the experience wasn't too scary and that you got back okay in the end.
Hi Wayne. This was the walk we did: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wales/craflwyn-and-beddgelert/aberglaslyn-llyn-dinas-and-cwm-bychan-walk but it's not flat as there's an uphill climb using a staircase, then a slope path back down at the end. This one is an alternative that would be flat: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wales/craflwyn-and-beddgelert/aberglaslyn-bryn-du-and-beddgelert-walk It'll take in the pretty gorge and Beddgelert, but not the lake and up into the hills. I hope this is helpful for you - and I hope you enjoy your visit. We loved our week up there and went only a few weeks after when you plan to visit!
Ooh not 100% sure. pure46 is right, but they also manage lots of countryside too which this video featured. The countryside is free for everyone but properties like stately homes is only free for members like me or you can payan entry fee per place. I don't know if that helps?
Don’t worry to much about the pronunciation. Easy mistake for the English to make but the G is pronounced hard like get not jet. Nice to hear you at least tried. Da iawn. (Very good)
In that part of wales dd= ‘the’ d= d. My family live around there so I’ve been well schooled. But there’s still some pronunciation nightmares I struggle with and I’m half Welsh so don’t worry 😂 Great video by the way and I’m looking at taking some friends on this walk I did a little while back and just re familiarising so this was helpful. Thanks 😊
Nice video but you absolutely mangled the Welsh language. Worth researching first. Likewise with that narrow gauge. 5 mins more researching would have enhanced the video
Would you do this walk or do you think you'd do one of the shorter versions just taking in the gorge and village?
Done this hike on numerous occasions in all weathers, found it best to start in the village & have the reward of the gorge at the end, stunning scenery anyway, thanks for sharing. Btw, Gellert pronounced with a hard G sound not J as in jelly 😁👍
@Andy Taylor With hindsight, I'd have done the same thing as I agree the reward of the gorge at the end would be immense! Plus, unlike the Aberglaslyn carpark, there's places for refreshments instead of only the banana you saw me eating at the end! I'm going to pin this comment at the top and hopefully people who watch the video will see your suggestion of starting in the village.
Thank you too for the help with the pronunciation. Sadly I think my mispronunciation of place names has become something of a trend on this channel 🤦♀️ I was so proud of myself of for finding out the 'dd' was a 'th', I didn't realise I was getting another part wrong! 🤣
This is one of my favourite walks, but we do it the other way around, mid way we have an ice cream in Beddgelert :) Fab video, well done.
We are staying near here in October for our Honeymoon, will be giving this hike a go! Great video, really informative
You've convinced me...next time I'm in the UK I must take an excursion to Wales! Great job Caroline! ❤️🇺🇲🏴🏴
Yay, pleased you're seeing the beauty in Wales and want to visit on your next trip, it really is a stunning place... and always, thank you for your kind comments 🙏
Last night when we watched this Adam learned the phrase “cream crackered” and he has not stopped saying it since haha. What an awesome phrase! Love getting to see other countries and learn British lingo from you!
YES!!! A bit of cockney rhyming slang making it's way across to the US. I'm not one to normally use cockney rhyming slang, it's just one that has stuck and I use it a lot when out adventuring as I have a habit of tuckering myself out! I'm now going to keep an ear out in your videos for Adam using the phrase. Whilst it's probably going to make my day, I bet loads of your US audience would be so confused!! 🤣 So pleased I'm getting to share some culture back in your direction as I've been sponging off you guys for a year or 2 now getting my US culture and general goings on over there.
Walked this this week & it's stunning & well worth the small climb to the top.
I couldn't agree more. So pleased you enjoyed the walk as much as we did!
looks like a such a great walk! might add this to my calander
If you've got the time to add this in, I'd highly recommend it - it truly was a great walk!
This is a stunning video! Well done! ♡
Thank you so much Hollybeth 💓
Hey! Nice video! You got good exercise and beautiful views at the same time. That dog legend story was sad..
I couldn't believe the story as I kept reading through it. But the sad story aside, I agree, it's a fab way to get in exercise and see stunning views at the same time - all of that was a good way to get me happy again after the sad story!
Did this walk today absolutely amazing
It really is isn't it, and usually you'd expect for vistas like this, you'd need to put in far more effort - but not with this one!
@@WhenAdventureKnox was such a clear day when we did it as well which made the views more spectacular but the sun was very hot in the open!
You did a good job! Looking to go to Snowdonia to do some walking over a long weekend. And this video is inspiring us - thank you!
Very envious that you're headed there soon, I'm sure you'll love it as much as I did! I've also got some videos from Snowdon via the Rhyd Ddu path th-cam.com/video/Ch57FKF6hFE/w-d-xo.html Glyders via Devil's Kitchen th-cam.com/video/AAwEV5tajwc/w-d-xo.html Vivian Slate Quarries th-cam.com/video/N6FGnRsTUvs/w-d-xo.html Aber Falls th-cam.com/video/eSiNQSxViDo/w-d-xo.html Cnicht th-cam.com/video/hTBSlZqCIcs/w-d-xo.html and Llyn Elsi th-cam.com/video/0qgcDCzSTcoi/w-d-xo.htmlf you have any interest in any of those.
@@WhenAdventureKnox Many thanks! We will check them all out. Going to camp as well 😄
beautiful work done💖
Thank you very much 🙏
Hi guys. Just came across your channel & decided to watch some of your videos. Very impressive with great presentation. Love the b-roll shots as well. As a filmmaker myself I can appreciate your creative shots which can take a lot of time to set up. You have a new subscriber. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos. 🙂🙂👍👍
Hi Martin, thank you so much for such a kind comment that you've left on this video. So happy to hear you've watched a few videos and are wanting to see more so have subscribed! I can't wait to share more adventures with you! 🙏
We're headed to the UK for August and September and will spend a week in Wales. We've definitely subscribed and look forward to more of your adventures.
Thank you for the sub - it means a lot! 🙏 I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that the weather behaves itself. August will still be the kids school holidays so may be a little busier, but come September, the crowds will die down, but it should hopefully still be nice weather wise!
@@WhenAdventureKnox Most of August we'll be up in Scotland and won't be down to Wales until after the kids are back in school. We think weather is just what it is and we'll dress for for it. We say that until we're caught in an absolute deluge and freeze our butts off!
@Well Travelled Life Oooh Scottish Schools go back earlier than English ones so you may avoid a lot of the swell that comes from that. Then you perfect come down to England in time for that calming down here too. The weather is so unpredictable so you're spot on with just having the right clothes. If there's an absolute deluge - head to the nearest pub like everyone else! 🙌
@@WhenAdventureKnox I'm not even sure we need a deluge to visit a pub!
Showed how much more around Beddgelert and followed up with your Bodnant visit...much more than a Laburnum tunnel 😃👍
So pleased you wanted to watch another video after watching this one. 🙏
Beautiful scenery and good detail as always - loved how it followed the river up to Beddgelert, it all looked so peaceful. Sometimes you have to get a bit lost to see all the best places, as long as you find your way back in the end! Interesting to see the old tramway, quite a nice touch that they've left it up there - always good to see a bit of history. Did you get a ticket in the end?
No... no ticket thankfully! But we'd have just shared our membership numbers and I think it'd have been OK. The tramway was very interesting and TH-cam suggested a Tom Scott video to me a few weeks back where he visits the last working one left and it's run on gravity and no electricity... was fascinating!
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So pleased you enjoyed the video 📹 🙏
Hi Caroline & Andy, I am certainly hooked on your videos, quite inspiring. Possibly a silly question, how or where do you obtain your walking routes as I would very much like to spend my weekends exploring trails around the UK?
Heya, sorry for the delay as we've been away exploring over this bank holiday weekend. For a while, we'd get our trails from a range of different sources, Facebook Groups, All Trails, Komot and general online searches, sometimes using tourist board or national park websites. However more recently we've found ourselves just going onto All Trails and using theirs... often going for some of the highest rated walks that fit our distance/time/difficulty wants, and some of these have been just amazing. For this particular walk, it was recommended to me by a member of a walking in the UK Facebook group I'm a member of, and the link they gave me was this one: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wales/craflwyn-and-beddgelert/aberglaslyn-llyn-dinas-and-cwm-bychan-walk I hope this helps.
Great video :)
Thank you - so pleased you enjoyed it 🙏
I got a bit emotional hearing the dog story. Another great vlog. Some great camera angles. Did you not get fed up of placing the camera and going back for it lol. I especially loved the angle close to the stream showing your feet and reflection in the water. Looks fabulous. You are looking great too. X
The dog story was so sad and as we walked away from the grave, a dog walker asked if they were going in the right direction and then asked who Gelert was. Felt awful retelling it with their adorable pooch right there. The retracing of the steps often depends on just how exhausted I'm feeling and how much incline too, but I love seeing the results afterwards. Really happy that you liked the one of our feet reflected in the water towards the end, I liked that one too ❤
@@WhenAdventureKnox oh gosh I bet. I would have wanted to close the dogs ears first lol. The results work. Enjoy your holiday. X
Found out the Gelert legend was if not total fabrication was exaggerated by 17thC landlord to aid tourism 🤨
@@davyturner5769 that’s sad but good at the same time. I suppose it’s a good business technique though. Lol 😂
Oh dear... I would say 'can't trust anyone these days' but more accurately 'can't trust anyone in the 17th century' 😆
Did the exact same walk but the other way....on your way down from the tram way there is a small waterfall with a beautiful pool did you see it
I remember the waterfall, I was just so tired I think I only filmed from the top (where the bit of wood goes across the top) and didn't think to film from the bottom. I'm sure that if I'd done the hike your way around I'd have thought to film the other way around because 1 I'd have been less tired, but 2, I'd have seen it from that view! I always say on circular hikes you have to remember to turn around, but I'm not the best at following my own advice!
I’m doing this walk with my son next week. He is only 10, so hoping it will be a nice intro to proper hikes. Was the route easy enough to follow?
Heya. For the most part it was very easy as a lot of it only gave 1 path as an option. The trickiest part was once we got up into the hills, though we realised after we'd taken the wrong turn and doubled back, that the original path we tried met up with the path we took further down! This will be a lovely into for your son to get into hiking - I hope you both enjoy it!
@@WhenAdventureKnox thank you very much!!
Did you see any dragons, dwarves, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, satyrs, goblins, orcs, trolls, dark elves, leprechauns, halflings, centaurs, half-elves, and/or unicorns in the woodland?
It is sometimes best to do such off road trails in a 'clockwise' direction than to go against the clock, as I found out, but be aware of time of day, weather, the direction one is going or should be?
Beddgelert is also famous in regard media design, the Daily Mail 'Rupert Bear' newspaper cartoons tories illustration were do by a local resident Alfed Bestall MBE.
Oooh that's really cool that the cartoonist was a local resident in Beddgelert. Really refreshing to hear of people who have broken into the types of industries where there's the expectation that you should live in London to do the work. When you say 'as I found out', hope the experience wasn't too scary and that you got back okay in the end.
Is there a gpx of the route? Or at least a map? We're there in two weeks and looking for a flatish route.
Hi Wayne. This was the walk we did: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wales/craflwyn-and-beddgelert/aberglaslyn-llyn-dinas-and-cwm-bychan-walk but it's not flat as there's an uphill climb using a staircase, then a slope path back down at the end. This one is an alternative that would be flat: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wales/craflwyn-and-beddgelert/aberglaslyn-bryn-du-and-beddgelert-walk It'll take in the pretty gorge and Beddgelert, but not the lake and up into the hills. I hope this is helpful for you - and I hope you enjoy your visit. We loved our week up there and went only a few weeks after when you plan to visit!
@@WhenAdventureKnox thank you so much for replying. I'll be checking this out.
@@wevved You're most welcome :)
Is National Trust the equivalent of the National Seashore Organization over here in the USA??
The National Trust is a charity that has on hole been left in wills properties which they then manage are generally open to the public
Ooh not 100% sure. pure46 is right, but they also manage lots of countryside too which this video featured. The countryside is free for everyone but properties like stately homes is only free for members like me or you can payan entry fee per place. I don't know if that helps?
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Can you e mail me the shorter route for this and this one please? Not sure which I’d like to do but it’s fab
You butchered the pronunciation of Beddgelert, great video though 👏
The Welsh language feels so difficult. I thought I'd nailed it learning that double D is pronounced 'th', but the 'G' caught me out!
Don’t worry to much about the pronunciation. Easy mistake for the English to make but the G is pronounced hard like get not jet. Nice to hear you at least tried. Da iawn. (Very good)
Your pronunciation of Beddgelert is awful
Oh noes 😳 I have a nasty habit of butchering pronunciations... how should I have been saying it?
@@WhenAdventureKnox the letter 'dd' should sound quite soft, whilst the 'G' in Gelert is hard, not pronounced as a 'J'.
@aerosoulzx Thank you Aerosoulzx. I think mispronouncing place names may be what this channel becomes known for as I'm terrible with it! 🤦♀️
@@WhenAdventureKnox 🤣🤣
In that part of wales dd= ‘the’ d= d. My family live around there so I’ve been well schooled. But there’s still some pronunciation nightmares I struggle with and I’m half Welsh so don’t worry 😂
Great video by the way and I’m looking at taking some friends on this walk I did a little while back and just re familiarising so this was helpful. Thanks 😊
Your videos are spoiled by your awful pronunciation of Welsh place names. Your pronunciation of Beddgelert for example is Bedjellert!
Nice video but you absolutely mangled the Welsh language. Worth researching first. Likewise with that narrow gauge. 5 mins more researching would have enhanced the video