Heads up for those wishing to activate Moel Famau GW/NW-044 Saw this on my twitter feed.
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Necessary actions I think. On my last 2/3 visits there, I have become increasingly aware of growing numbers of cars parking for free on the roadside verge just before the main car parks. Those car parks are excellent and not extortionately priced (unlike some others I could mention), so I always found it a bit disappointing folks would disrespect the environment to save a couple of quid.
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You can even park for free for 2 hours in the new layby next to the Bwlch Penbarras car park.
Unless the follow it up with enforcement people will keep doing it. The verges on the A494 at Loggerheads have been completely wrecked this weekend by people parking on them despite the double yellow lines and countless signs saying donāt park on the verge.
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Parking fee Ā£1.50 for all day a few weeks ago-I certainly donāt begrudge paying this to activate two hills or more. I came off Foel Fenlli once & the access road from Loggerheads was gridlocked, but going west was no problem.
Indeed! When I did it, I parked on the top car park and was surprised at how cheap it wasā¦ seem to remember it was Ā£3 from my early afternoon arrival time to the end of charging at 1900!
Cheers - Alan
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I managed to get free parking when I activated Moel Famau as the barriers were up and the parking machines were coverd over. I dont mind paying to park and cant see why dropping a few coins in a meter is any hardship.
If you want to guarantee a parking spot, get there earlier!
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Well, new machines in the car park today and a new sign:
Because I only paid for 4 hours, there wasnāt enough time to go back up to activate the Moel Famau summit after walking up/down with some friends & young kids.
I found a wooly hat, tennis ball, Ā£5 note and a discarded vape though around the car park so it was still worth the Ā£2 on this occasion 
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Seeing that apostrophe in āParkāsā has just spoiled my eveningā¦
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I know how you feel. Iām converting a 17m QCX to 30m and just on the last toroid when I saw that and lost the will to complete the task. I think Iāll have a large whisky instead.
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Thereās plenty of room after the incomplete sentence for people to add their suggestions of what the author meant to say.
āā¦ goes towards the management of the Country Parkās annual sheep poo tidy up.ā ?
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ā¦Christmas party 
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Iām looking at possibly doing Moel Famau and Foel Fenlli in a couple of weeks. We last did them in 2009 from the car park at about 1km east of Penbarras, which is still shown on the latest OS map but Iāve seen hints that that car park may no longer be available. Has anyone been there recently and/or have information on if the Penbarras one tends to get full if the other one is closed?
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I was was up there earlier this month and parked at the Bwch Pen Barras Carpark (the carparks on the highest point on the road), it was still Ā£5 for the day and loads of room on a weekday.
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Can you pay by credit card? Or is it by some app?
Yes you can pay by card, itās one of the few carparks in Denbigshire that you canāt use an app to pay.
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The one east of Penbarras is the main NRW car park. It looked open the last time I went past (a car was coming out of the exit) a couple of weeks ago but I havenāt parked there for a long time.
Natural Resources Wales / Coed Moel Famau, near Mold says the toilets are currently closed.
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Toilets were still closed last month due to storm damage, said a notice pinned to the premises.
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I really wish Iād taken a photo. But my favourite donation sign was attached to the cistern above a Dept of Conservation toilet. Can you guess the text?
āYour contribution is appreciated. All donations will be used towards the upkeep of this facilityā.
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Went past this evening and there were cars in the lower car park, so it seems like itās open.
The small car park/layby by the toilet block was also busy but didnāt stop to see what was going on 
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When i went last year, i paid Ā£2, and did foel fenlli with the intention of paying another Ā£2 if i went up moel famau! meaning a quid savedā¦
Alan
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