Bethesda & Ogwen Valley
Browse round these websites for Bethesda and the surrounding area.
Bethesda Rugby Club
http://www.rygbipesda.com/
This site is entered through a user-friendly home page, with easy navigation and a photo of the team in jubilant spirits. It offers fully bilingual information on the club's history, facilities and members and portrays it in a very friendly and welcoming light.
Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team
http://www.ogwen-rescue.org.uk/
We hope you never need them, but you might be interested to find out more about this vital voluntary organisation and, if you're hard enough, how to join them. There's a map and photos of the area and a link to the support group that raises funds for the team.
Ogwen Valley Angling Association
http://www.ogwen.net/
The club's new website has great photos and descriptions of the fishing available, plus details of permits and the latest newsletter.
Carneddau
http://members.lycos.co.uk/Carneddau/
Teacher Keith Jones of Rhyl shares with you his love of the Carneddau mountain range in northern Snowdonia. There are detailed routes for walkers, plus photographs and useful contacts.
The Slate Industry of North and Mid Wales
http://www.penmorfa.com/Slate/
Dave Sallery's online history covers many aspects of this key industry, its quarries, geology, techniques and equipment, all illustrated with photographs.
Antur Mynydd
http://www.anturmynydd.org.uk
This very community-spirited site reflects the goings on of Mynydd Llandegai. You can keep abreast of local news, from sprucing up the village for the summer festival to the great debate on what the village should actually be called. So whether you're a resident or a local abroad, keep an eye on this site for future village events and societies.
Suggested by Tim Radford from Mynydd Llandegai.
Flybait
http://www.flybait.netfirms.com/
More fishing information for the Ogwen Valley, including details of four lakes and some fly-tying tips.
Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen
http://www.dyffrynogwen.gwynedd.sch.uk/
The local high school website is bilingual and includes a list of staff, photos and history, though there are soem broken links.
Moel y Ci Environmental Centre
http://www.moelyci.org/
Find out what's happening at this community enterprise in Tregarth where a farm is being used as the base for a wide range of projects, from market gardening to poetry and baking.
Clwb Mynydda Bethesda
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/boffw/aboutclwb.htm
As the name suggests, it's a mountaineering club based in Bethesda. It covers all aspects of mountaineering and outdoor activities ranging from snow and ice climbing, scrambling, 8-9 hour walks, gentle low level walks, mountain running, camping plus the occasional Alpine or Scottish trip.
Suggested by Berwyn Williams
Dyffryn Ogwen Camera Club
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/bernia/
The club, which has two annual competitions and a varied and entertaining programme, wants to boost membership. The site contains contacts, a programme, members' pictures, and useful information.
Suggested by Berwyn Williams.
Penrhyn Quarry Railway
http://www.penrhynrailway.co.uk/
Enthusiasts are restoring a short stretch of the old quarry railway line and some rolling stock. Find out more about their plans and view photos from the archive, as well as more recent ones.
Bethesda Moon
http://bethesdamoon.blogspot.com/
Isabel Adonis was brought up in Bethesda and is publishing a novel chapter by chapter, as she writes it, on her blog. Much of it is set in Bethesda and you can read it for free.
Suggested by Isabel Adonis.
Mynydd Llandegai Weather
http://www.mynyddphil.co.uk/
Keep track of the weather in Mynydd Llandegai. There's a webcam and graphs of records dating back to 2006.
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