Mynydd Blaengwynfi
Mynydd Blaengwynfi is a 528m hill in Neath Port Talbot. There are a couple of places to park here, at the entrance to the forest track and a bit further up. The walk is easy and largely on wide gravel…
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 Moderate
This walk will challenge someone with poor levels of fitness, but you should still be able to complete it as long as you give yourself plenty of time and have some breaks along the way. Moderate walks can be longer, but still largely flat, or they can be quite short but have lots of uphill and downhill sections.
Mynydd Tynewydd [Mynydd Ystradffernol]
This is a pretty straightfoward walk until the last section, which involves a boggy track with plenty of flowing water after heavy rain, one fallen tree to skirt around and some crouch-walking through low trees in places. This walk takes…
Mynydd Pen-y-cae
As you can see I walked this 576m hill on a semi-circular route that also took in the 600m hill Craig y Llyn. After reaching the trig point of Craig y llyn I continued down the wide gravel road and…
Craig y Llyn
This is a good walk following established tracks – which are often large gravel roads complete with road signs to direct traffic around the woodland and windfarms. Parking is at a famous viewpoint which doesn’t just mean you get great…
Twyn y Gaer
A nice little walk this, starting at a small car park at the Queen’s Head pub (£2 for the day, pay by dropping your money into an honesty box in the porch) and ascending nearly 900ft up to a well-defined…
Cefn y Rhondda
A nice 7 mile circular walk taking in the 428m high hill Mynydd Ty’n-tyle and 481m high hill Cefn y Rhondda. This is a really good walk with fairly minimal ascent – given the height of the hills – good…