Created in 1951, the Snowdonia National Park is a landscape of rugged grandeur, great natural diversity and cultural associations going back thousands of years. The vision of its founders was that this very special region should be protected from harmful development for all time. From the beginning, however, there were problems ... Out of these difficulties
Rob Collister
grew the idea of an independent society dedicated to conserving and enhancing the landscape. Today
Rob Collister is an international mountain guide who
the Snowdonia Society has a membership of 2,500
lives in the Conwy Valley. He has been a member
and enjoys a close working relationship with both the
of the Snowdonia Society for thirty years and was
Snowdonia National Park Authority and the Council
a Nominated Member of the Snowdonia National
for National Parks.
Park Committee from 1990 –1993. He is the author of Lightweight Expeditions (1989) and Over the Hills
This lively narrative chronicles the story of the
and Far Away (1996).
Snowdonia Society – its successes and failures, its internal conflict and the personalities involved – as
Mae Rob Collister yn arweinydd mynydd rhyngwladol
well as discussing the wider issues which have af-
sy’n byw yn Nyffryn Conwy. Mae wedi bod yn aelod
fected this unique landscape over the last forty years.
o Gymdeithas Eryri ers deng mlynedd ar hugain, a’n Aelod Enwebedig o Bwyllgor Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri o 1990 -1993. Ef yw awdur Lightweight Expeditions
Crëwyd Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri ym 1951. Mae’r
(1989) ac Over the Hills and Far Away (1996).
tirwedd yn hagr ac yn hardd, yn llawn amrywiaeth naturiol gogoneddus ac mae yma gysylltiadau diwylliannol ers miloedd o flynyddoedd. Gweledigaeth y sylfaenwyr oedd y dylid gwarchod yr ardal arbennig hon am byth rhag unrhyw ddatblygiad niweidiol. Ond bu problemau o’r dechrau … Yn sgil yr anawsterau hyn eginodd y syniad am gymdeithas annibynnol a fyddai’n ymroi’n llwyr i ddiogelu a chyfoethogi’r
Front Cover ~ Snowdon across Dyffryn Mymbyr (the birthplace of the Snowdonia Society) from Capel Curig. Pierino Algieri www.algieri-images.co.uk Boots. Bryce Kroll iStockphoto.com
tirwedd. Erbyn heddiw mae 2,500 o aelodau gan y Gymdeithas, ac mae ganddi berthynas waith glos gydag Awdurdod Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri a Chyngor y
Clawr Blaen ~ Yr Wyddfa ar draws Dyffryn Mymbyr (lle genwyd y Gymdeithas Eryri) o Gapel Curig. Pierino Algieri www.algieri-images.co.uk Boots. Bryce Kroll iStockphoto.com Clawr Gefn ~ Llyn Idwal a Pen yr Oleu Wen o Twll Du. Pierino Algieri www.algieri-images.co.uk
ISBN 978-1-906095-01-7
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781906 095017
Rob Collister
Back Cover ~ Llyn Idwal & Pen yr Oleu Wen from Devils Kitchen. Pierino Algieri www.algieri-images.co.uk
Parciau Cenedlaethol. Mae’r naratif bywiog hwn yn croniclo stori Cymdeithas Eryri – y llwyddiannau a’r methiannau, y gwrthdaro mewnol a’r personoliaethau cysylltie-
Rob Collister
dig – yn ogystal â thrafod y materion ehangach sydd wedi effeithio’r tirwedd unigryw yma dros y deugain mlynedd diwethaf.