Visitors to Llanrhystud might like to know that we now have a signposted
route open to the public. To get there, take the turning for Penrhos golf
club and continue past their entrance till the road climbs steeply through
trees. As the trees open out there's a parking space on the left with a
signpost for the path by the gate. It's about quarter of a mile from the B
road.
The path runs along the slope through a mixture of young and mature
broadleaves and conifer woodland, down almost to the valley floor, then
back up to the road through an area of mature Oak recently cleared of
Western Hemlock. Warning - this last section is Very Steep!
We have a good mix of woodland birds, insects, fungi, plants etc. The site
is gradually being restored to ancient semi natural woodland after a
forestry commission conifer planting spree in the 50's.
It would be great to have others keeping a lookout here as I just don't
get enough time to keep tabs on the wildlife as much as I'd like!
Keith Burdett