Day Hiking
A lovely walk in this peaceful part of the South Wales Valleys. Taking in a storied folly, a lonely trig point and some fine ridgeway and countryside walking. The route did run into some issues during the final couple of…
One man's incessant wanderings, shared so you can follow in my footsteps if you wish.
One man's incessant wanderings, shared so you can follow in my footsteps if you wish.
Category Challenging
This walk is going to be challenging for any walker, even with good levels of fitness. If you’re fit and used to walking up and down hills, you’ll find this an enjoyable challenge. If you have poor levels of fitness this one is going to be a long and hard slog and you might want to build up to it with some easier routes first.
Wye Valley Circular
Starting at the large car park of Chepstow leisure centre this circular / figure of eight route takes in some lovely countryside and woodland with commanding views over Chepstow and the River Wye. It also takes you down to Tintern…
The Black Mountain Circular
A wonderful walk in the Bannau Brycheniog National park, taking in the Black Mountain, Llyn y Fan Fach and Llyn y Fan Fawr lakes as well as a selection of waterfalls.
Fan Bwlch Chwyth
This is the final hill on a two-day walk – albeit one that started late on day one and finished early on day 2, so in reality it was one day’s walking. After summiting Yr Allt the path continues past…
Yr Allt
This walk starts at Carred Cadno, where I wild camped overnight, so this is not a starting point you can arrive at by car. The walk starts by descending Carreg Cadno, crossing the Beacons Way and hopping over a barbed…
Carreg Cadno
Parking is in a decent car park underneath Fan Gyhirych, but bear in mind that this route ends at Carreg Cadno because I wild camped for the night and returned back to the car via a different route the next…