A community walk has been held to mark improvements to footpaths up and around Pen Dinas.

The last year has seen flurries of activity on and around Pen Dinas Local Nature Reserve.

Members of Ceredigion’s Rights of Way team, contractors and a whole host of volunteers have carried out footpath improvement work with thanks to a grant from the Landfill Disposal Tax Community Scheme, administered by Welsh Council for Voluntary Action.

Now that most of the work is done, it was time to mark the occasion and to thank all those involved in delivering the project.

A large group gathered in the café at The Hub in Penparcau where a display of photos of the project were put on show and everyone had time to enjoy a cup of tea or coffee before heading up onto Pen Dinas to explore the improved paths.

Eifion Jones, Public Rights of Way officer, said: “The idea was to follow the middle path, then take a stroll around a section of the newly created, wheelchair-accessible circular Hen Domen Trail which now leads off the Ystwyth Trail, before we headed back to Penparcau along the old bottom path.

“Despite low, dark clouds and the odd flurry of drizzle, there was the perfect window of a dry hour or so to allow the group to complete the whole circuit with plenty of time for photos of the spectacular views and to exchange anecdotes and information about the site.”

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