Around the Welsh highlands

29 miles (46km) from Dolgellau to Cwrt (go on, I dare you to try pronouncing that in front of a Welsh person)

Today was perhaps the most consistently beautiful day we've had to date, in terms of the scenery. Leaving Dolgellau, we climbed up - fairly steeply at first (2km @ 10% average), then a bit more gradually with a few steep bits - for around 8 miles. This brought us up onto a ridge that we followed for a bit longer, and then eventually we plummeted into a valley. We wound our way in a fairly crazy loop around the valley, and didn't quite get to the coast; then we headed back up another hill, through a valley, and ended up at one of the nicest B&Bs we've stayed in yet.

For dinner, we walked to a nearby town - in the rain - and managed to score a lift in a very nice Jag with a very nice couple for the last quarter of a mile or so. It was an uneventful day, but a beautiful day, so why not a pictorial post to celebrate.