 Hi all, can anyone reccomend a good campsite round the cadir iris area, pref with a pub nr by
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There is the Cwmrhwyddfor Farm camp site near Tal y Llyn, off the A487. Don't go to the pub nearest the site, which is awful. There are a couple of OK pubs at the end of Tal y Lyn a couple of miles away.
In the past I have always found this site to be fine. However, last time we went, about 18 months ago we were kept awake until about 2:00am by a large family group of Scally Scousers.
There are several sites round Dolgellau, which I have bookmarked, but not stayed at yet:
http://www.guesthousessnowdonia.uk.com/camping.htm
http://www.walestouristsonline.co.uk/snowdonia/campsite/Cwmrhwyddfor.html
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 Alright matey  Getting soft in your old age? Bothy knocking around near Cadir and a hut on the summit,there you go accommodation sorted 
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My advice to you would be to ring the Gwernan hotel and ask them if they could recommend a campsite near by. http://www.gwernan.co.uk/. this is a great pub, right on the foot of Cadair Idris from the Ty Nant side. The YHA - Kings is also an option, you can camp on their grounds, and is just a short drive from the lovely George III Hotel in Penmaenpool. there are plenty of campsites about, depends what you want really. I live in Dolgellau so give us a shout if you need more help
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 There used to be campsite just down the road from the Gwernan, on the left, right at the bottom of the Pony Path. We had an OM meet there a few years ago and the owner wouldn't take any payment because there were no showers and no hot water cos the squirrels had eaten the cabling!
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 There's one behind the Little Chef on the A470 (?) callerd Dolgun Uchaf or similar. I've not used a tent there, but the bunkhouses are good enough. Kitchen/showers,secure bike store OK too. *edit* Geek on a Stick has the link in his post - Torrent Campsite! Like all sites, it can get a noisy crowd in without warning. I've not noticed it rowdy though. Near river so gets a good frost in winter! Pubs are all in Dogjelly - plenty of choice too. Enjoy Cadair Idris. There is a fair sized car park there but don't leave it too late in the day. Very under-rated for an afternoon's bimble. The Didster up there^ has a point - I'd be bivvying this weekend. Is that hut at the summit useable?
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Is that hut at the summit useable?
Yes, though a little dark and damp. You do know the local belief, don't you, that if you spend the night up there you'll come down the next morning either mad or a bard (poet)?
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 You do know the local belief, don't you, that if you spend the night up there you'll come down the next morning either mad or a bard (poet)? I think the jury's still out....
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Oh really?!
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A wild young boy of Tal y Lyn Heard the wind his name calling To spend that night on Cadair Idris - Now that boy much madder is. I theng yew.
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I just realised my desktop pic is of Cadair Idris taken just a year ago - and the last time a was up there. A cracking day as I remember. If only I knew how to get pics down to <256kb I'd share it. Sand fairy anne.
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 Is that hut at the summit useable?
Yes, though a little dark and damp. You do know the local belief, don't you, that if you spend the night up there you'll come down the next morning either mad or a bard (poet)?
Any port in a storm and all that but that summit shelter was a bit grim when I was there in April.
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cheers all but I ended up staying on the site opp the vanyol armes in nant perris, and doing the nantlle ridge then staying on the bedgellert site last nite, had a good day up there, weather was superp, looks like ill be doing cadir iris another time
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Jealous, moi? Must have been great up there. What's that Nant Peris site like? I might get a chance to do Crib Goch next week so I'll be looking for somewhere to base myself.
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the nant perris site is very basic, 6 quid a night and a quid for a few mins in the shower but its in a good location and there is a pub over the rd although its £3.75 a pint
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 how mooch!!!!!
stick some pic on FB when you get chance bud...
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yep 3.75 for a pint of carling, my mate took pics on his camera, he will put them on eventually mate, Am off to the cairngormes on the 11th nov mate if ya fancy it, gonna go walk up ben macdui then do a wild camp
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Let me get back to you on that one,cheers..  ....
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 Kate, I remember that OM meet. Cracking weekend.
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Not sure exactly. But the Cool Camping book will have plenty of examples. They'll even recommend some pubs nearby! They're even on line nowadays. Have fun! Mountain Marathons
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