{"id":11233,"date":"2026-07-01T07:08:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=11233"},"modified":"2026-07-01T07:22:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:22:00","slug":"enjoying-nature-via-trail-hiking-in-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/enjoying-nature-via-trail-hiking-in-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Enjoying nature via trail hiking in Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When in Bangor, you\u2019d be told often that among the best things to do is to hike. And among the must-check is the Snowdonia Slate Trail, which links the old slate-quarrying communities of Eryri\/Snowdonia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So\u2026 <em>ayan na nga<\/em>, even without the right outfit for hiking, but <em>ayaw ma-<\/em>miss <em>ang<\/em> chance to check the area, off we went.<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@outragemag\/video\/7657327773878373653\" data-video-id=\"7657327773878373653\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" >\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@outragemag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@outragemag?refer=embed\">@outragemag<\/a> Enjoying nature via <a title=\"trail\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/trail?refer=embed\">#trail<\/a> <a title=\"hiking\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/hiking?refer=embed\">#hiking<\/a> at <a title=\"snowdonia\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/snowdonia?refer=embed\">#Snowdonia<\/a> <a title=\"snowdoniaslatetrail\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/snowdoniaslatetrail?refer=embed\">#SnowdoniaSlateTrail<\/a> during one <a title=\"lgbt\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/lgbt?refer=embed\">#LGBT<\/a> visit in <a title=\"gwynedd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/gwynedd?refer=embed\">#Gwynedd<\/a>, <a title=\"wales\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/wales?refer=embed\">#Wales<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound  - Outrage Magazine\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-Outrage-Magazine-7657327831592209159?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound  &#8211; Outrage Magazine<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Una<\/em>, the circular route starts near Bangor\/Porth Penrhyn. And you need a car or whatever to get to the starting point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ikalawa<\/em>, the trail isn\u2019t just for hiking. It\u2019s also for biking or walking dogs. So you\u2019d be sharing the 133-kilometer long trail with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ikatlo<\/em>, what\u2019s there?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mountains built by remnants from quarry sites, to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So\u2026 Gwynedd used to be known for slate quarrying, and among the biggest players is Penrhyn Quarry which is near Gwynedd, part of The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now\u2026 with slate quarrying, around 75% of extracted material are inferior in quality, called overburden, and so becoming mineral waste. Here, they\u2019re now mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the trail also shows views typically associated with Wales &#8211; e.g. rolling hills that go on forever, rock fences, sheep farms, canals with flowing water\u2026 and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Usually, <em>sa matatag<\/em>, people hike the Snowdonia Slate Trail for up to seven days, passing through Bethesda, Llanberis, and so on. But for others\u2026 it\u2019s but an opportunity to commune with nature, in a way, while taking those must-have shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But we\u2019re off for more LGBTQIA+ discoveries\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoying nature via #trail #hiking at #Snowdonia #SnowdoniaSlateTrail during one #LGBT visit in #Gwynedd, #Wales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2576,2575,110,1742,2573],"class_list":["post-11233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-bangor","tag-snowdonia-slate-trail","tag-travel-2","tag-travel-adventure","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11233"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11236,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11233\/revisions\/11236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}