Madog Walks Group

A moderate circular stroll around the Tanygrisiau Reservoir. Plenty opportunities for dogs to paddle. Great little (dog-friendly) cafe beside the station at Tanygrisiau. The reservoir is part of the Ffestiniog Power Station complex. This installation was the first major pumped storage system in the UK. Pumped storage is a way of coping with rapid, short-term changes in the demand for electricity in the National Grid. At times of low demand and excess production elsewhere on the grid, water from the lower Tanygrisiau reservoir is pumped back up to the upper Llyn Stwlan reservoir. At times of sudden demand, water is released from Llyn Stwlan, to generate power as required. For this reason, the levels of both the Tanygrisiau and Llyn Stwlan resevoirs can change significantly day-to-day. The building of the lower reservoir flooded the route of the Ffestiniog Railway which had to build a deviation around the reservoir and power station. Directions:  From A496 to Blaena...

Llanbedrog headland - clifftop path                           This fairly easy 3 mile stroll leads around Mynydd Tir y Cwmwd, the massive granite headland at Llanbedrog, a high point with spectacular views of the Llyn peninsula to the north west, and the Cambrian Coast to the south. At the halfway point of the route is the Iron Man , a sculpture of a human form, which is said to sing in the wind. Bold laments of long ago battles? A proud Celtic warrior fending off invading Roman governors and power-hungry English kings?  Sometimes also called the Tin Man , this figure was installed in 2002 and is the most recent of a series that have held vigil high over the Llanbedrog skyline. It replaced a 1980 metal sculpture by Simon van de Put and which, in turn, replaced an original wooden figurehead from a ship, which had been placed there by Cardiff businessman Solomon Andrews, but had then been...

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