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Situated in the beautiful Snowdonia National Park

Weather Information

Click on the Local weather forecast brought to you by the BBC Weather Centre, or if you are venturing into the mountains check out the Snowdonia Mountain Forecast from the Met Office.

Worldwide the weather is changing, but so far North Wales still enjoys the four seasons.

Spring is the time when everything begins to wake up after the long winter sleep. The days grow longer and the temperatures start to climb. After the wet cold months of winter and some snow if  we are lucky, with the changing season comes new born lambs and wild flowers fill the hills and valleys.
The area is a bird watchers paradise, being home to many species of birds, many not long back from Africa. Hawks wheel high in the clear skies and the smaller birds rush around in a frenzy of nest building and courtship.

Summer is with us before we know it and those hot balmy days see the lake full of sail boats. Walkers take to the trails and the whole area buzzes with life. The hedgerows are a mass of honeysuckle and dog rose, the streams that were rushing with rain water are now lazily meandering towards the lake and the air is filled with dragonflies and butterflies.

 

Haymaking gets into full swing in July and the villages around the lake hold their annual shows with prizes for cakes, vegetables, livestock, sheep dog trials and sheep shearing. Then before you know it, the hedgerows are full of blackberries and then the first signs of the coming season starts to show.

 

Autumn is the time for the broadleaf trees to turn glorious shades of red and gold and there are many trails that you can follow in the forests to see these striking colours close up. The toadstools, bright red and gold pop up in their fairy rings. The squirrels are busy hoarding the cob nuts ready for the cold that is coming.

 

Winter is here again and the wind comes down off the mountains and brings with it a deluge of cool clear rain. Time to wrap up warm, dust off the waterproofs and enjoy long solitary hikes.

Snow blankets the hills and valleys and brings with it a magic that we all relish. Watch the buzzards duel with the Ravens high in the windswept sky.

Then home for a warm drink by a roaring log fire. Bliss.

 

New arrivals in the nest
A new foal
Surfing an hour’s drive from Bala
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