Llyn y Dywarchen
A landscape photography blog by Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire based landscape photographer Rob Thorley Photography.
December already! For myself this meant that I was back at Llyn y Dywarchen in the Eryri National Park. I have a love, hate relationship with this location. The first time I visited I stepped up on to a low wall, no more than eighteen inches, the wind blew my back off. I stepped onto a grass tuft, and snap. The result a broken leg, and a few months out of action.
Today was visit number three. I’d gone back with a view to “going high”, and getting something other than the the "normal” shots. There was no snow on Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), but I was treated to some nice light at sunrise.
![Llyn y Dywarchen.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f19779bb939084eefc1a67d/8829c816-db7e-4eff-8de0-9f9d22ea2a21/eryri-llyn-dywarchen-011.jpg)
![Llyn y Dywarchen.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f19779bb939084eefc1a67d/1597303370330-NN58XUNHQMYDFGQ2HG6D/eryri-llyn-dywarchen-016.jpg)
![Llyn y Dywarchen.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f19779bb939084eefc1a67d/1597303383579-2N2O02W4P0ITUFTJDGP7/eryri-llyn-dywarchen-017.jpg)
![Llyn y Dywarchen.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f19779bb939084eefc1a67d/1596027767085-RQU30OZD2LHMUADMDRXE/eryri-llyn-dywarchen-013.jpg)
![Nantlle valley from Llyn y Dywarchen.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f19779bb939084eefc1a67d/1597303396680-CWBC1X9WM2Z2TWSNMIO4/eryri-llyn-dywarchen-018.jpg)
![Llyn y Dywarchen.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f19779bb939084eefc1a67d/1597303399145-F3RJFTBY76HQCTWELLR4/eryri-llyn-dywarchen-019.jpg)
Llyn y Dywarchen is in one of the quieter spots of Eryri, and is well worth a visit. There’s lots of compositions to work that include mountains, the lake, the boat house, and a number of ruined buildings. I think the next time I visit will be after a snow fall, or if a very heavy frost is forecast as that will complete capturing this spot in all of the seasons.
You can view more images from Llyn y Dywarchen, and my gallery of other North Wales locations.