Pant y Creigiau
Pant y Creigiau is a 565m hill just South of the start of the Brecon Beacons Horseshoe walk – if you are doing it counter-clockwise and Bryniau Gleision is a 538m hill on the same ridgeway slightly further South and…
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 Llangynidr
Mynydd Llangynidr is a 558m hill above Llangynidr that offers great views of the classic Brecon Beacons and is topped by a very large cairn. Also of interest is that the route takes you via Blaen Onneu – 541m and…
Blaen Onneu
This is a nice walk, with good paths and easy parking. Views are great from the off – before you even park the car you have views in every direction worthy of a photo – and the terrain is soft…
Cadair Fawr
Cadair Fawr is a 485m hill above Llwyn-onn Reservoir and Garwnant Visitor Centre. It offers great views across the Brecon Beacons and in every direction and is very quiet. I walked it on a sunny Bank Holiday Monday and didn’t see a…
Pen March & Merthyr Common
Pen March (535m) and Merthyr Common (531m) are boundary high points for Caerphilly, with Merthryr Common also being a boundary high point for Merthyr Tydfil as well. That means completing these two high points ticks off three hills on the…
Cefn Merthyr
If you drive North on the A4054 from Edwardsville you’ll be able to track a track on your right that takes you diagonally through the forest and up onto the ridgeway. Here you can park quite easily – but beware…