If the route were used more frequently and an accurate .GPX established; if the overgrown nettle areas were clear; and if the two or three gates that were roped shut were made usable; then I would consider giving this route 5 stars....

Jenny Sanderson

Briefly through Llanfor, we press on along a track, which heads into fields of sheep and cows. Heading downhill through fields and along tracks, we briefly join the unpaved main road before escaping once more into fields. At Bryn Banon, the footpath, and route, heads through a gate onto a steep wooded section, but it's a bit hairy, so I recommend continuing past the houses, as it joins the track we're taking next. The footpath is an old track running alongside woods to the north, and the fields are shared by sheep and llamas, and odd sight in rural Wales! A brief unpaved road, then another track, before heading into more fields with some very aggressive sheep!...

Hiking Historian

No sooner have we left Dolgellau and we start walking on unpaved roads, heading uphill. Eventually we leave the road, and travel up private drives and tracks past a couple of farms, which becomes a short footpath through a wooded area. Past the entrance to the Torrent Walk, we head uphill along another unpaved road, but this is a very quiet one, and we soon leave and head down a greentrack between fields. From there, over the tracks, and once more up through fields and down tracks, with a short unpaved section of road, but this section can be busy at times. Past Llangower, we head uphill through a moor, before crossing a road and heading through the field beyond....

Hiking Historian

What already promised to be a long and arduous route was made even more difficult by a section that, on the ground, does not correspond to what's on the ground at all....

Hiking Historian

A bit of an obstacle blocking the right of way at Brynderw farm but just stay to the south of the farm buildings. The moorland crossing at Mynnyd Mynyllod was a bit bleak, in the rainy and misty conditions, but stay on the tracks in a direct line with no turn offs and it leads you the correct way....

Tim Ryan

Also if breaking this long route, there is a good campsite behind Pandy station....

Tim Ryan