- Rhyd Ddu
Rhyd Ddu is small
village inSnowdonia ,North Wales .Rhyd Ddu is well known as a popular starting point for walks up
Snowdon (via the Rhyd Ddu Path),Moel Hebog ,Yr Aran and theNantlle Ridge .Rhyd Ddu railway station is the current terminus of theWelsh Highland Railway fromCaernarfon , which aims to extend toPorthmadog by 2009.T. H. Parry-Williams , the poet, author and academic was born and raised at Rhyd Ddu. He twice won both the Chair and the Crown at theNational Eisteddfod , in 1912 and 1915.External links
* [http://www.walkeryri.org.uk/Routes/starts/rhyd_ddu.html Walks from Rhyd Ddu and local information]
* [http://www.walkingenglishman.com/snowdonia3.htm The Rhyd-Ddu and Y Garn Walk]
* [http://www.isengard.co.uk An independent webpage featuring almost daily news of construction progress of the WHR]
* [http://rhydddu.blogspot.com A blog about a model of Rhyd Ddu station and Fridd Isaf]
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3494153 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Rhyd Ddu and surrounding area]
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