othing in landscape can exceed the soft beauty of the vale of Tal-y-Llyn, nor is there a nook in Cambria more fascinating in its aspects than this valley and its beautiful lake. Under peculiar lights - especially after rain or in lowering weather - the exquisite colouring of the mountains on either side is perfectly magical, and the inter-mixture of mountain and lake scenery - the contrast from the sublime to the beautiful - leave an impression upon the mind which time cannot erase".

In 1844 the late Colonel Vaughan of Hengwrt, the proprietor of the lake, built a neat and more commodious inn on the shore, at the south west corner near the village, and under the picturesque mountains Mynydd Rhinog and Graig-Goch. This was called Tynycornel Inn. He most liberally provided two boats for the use of visitors, and the inn was exceedingly well conducted by the landlord, the late Edward Corbet Owen.

The excellent accommodation and attention to creature comforts at Tynycornel, added to the flourishing accounts of the sport afforded there in the various guide-books and local prints, began to draw attention of the 'gentle folk' from Liverpool, Birminham, Shrewsbury and other more distant places; so that since that time (1844) Tynycornel has become a place of general resort by anglers of all shades, and since the introduction of the 'iron road' to Shrewsbury and other places, they have been annually on the increase.

There is good fishing to be obtained on both sides of the lake from Tynycornel until you arrive off a point on the south shore which stretches into the pool at tha narrowest part, and where the water for some distance is very deep. Nearer the head of the lake the water shoals off, and from the mouth of the rivulet which have flows into it, the source of which is Llwyn-y-Cae, large trout abound more than in any other part.

Gwesty TYNYCORNEL Hotel
Tal-y-Llyn, Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales LL36 9AJ.
Tel. 01654 782282, fax 01654 782679