In October we started our walk at Hundred House. We had hardly moved from the car park before we were looking at a tumulus behind the houses lining the road. We turned into the farm track that leads to Llanedw Farm, and before long we were admiring the remains of a spectacular Motte and Bailey castle known as the Mount, and sometimes referred to as the first of the Colwyn Castles. We continued along the track to Bryn-llwyd, which had once been a Quaker Meeting House.

The track climbed steadily upward, and we stopped occasionally to admire the views, looking back towards Hundred House and across the Edw valley. We reached the house with the strange name of Llwyn Pinch, neither Welsh nor English!

The road rose ever higher, passing the track to Ty’n y coed where we stopped to admire the view before the tarmacked road came to an end and we continued along a deeply rutted track. As we climbed, we admired the views that spread out before us.

Eventually we reached the cairn known as the Giant’s Grave. Walking a little further along the track we looked down towards the village of Glascwm, before retracing our steps to the cairn and onto our return path, passing some bright yellow wax-caps and seeing the mournful looking wind turbines near Llandegley, which have yet to be activated. A most enjoyable walk.