Llyn Ogwen is a lake in Snowdonia, northwest Wales. It empties into the Irish Sea (the Menai Strait) via a small river, Afon Ogwen. Just where the river starts at the mouth of Lake Ogwen, several parallel streams lead the water into the river underneath the bridge that brings traffic from London to Holyhead. The route was designed and built by the Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford and he also designed the bridge that I photographed as part of the historic mail route
My first photo shows the bridge built by Thomas Telford in 1815. Underneath the 19th Century bridge the old medieval packhorse bridge is still preserved and can be seen in my photo.
Beside the lake, the peak of Mount Tryfan shoots up. It is a very easily recognisable peak because of its rugged crags. The old postal route takes you between Lake Ogwen and Mount Tryfan, but I spotted the peak of Tryfan already when I photographed the little stream at the end of Llyn Ogwen (see image below).
