Cefn yr Arail Circular
A lovely hill walk featuring wide gravel tracks, a stream, forest, ponds, amazing views and grassy walking. There is a sizeable car park at the bottom of the forestry track. This loop can be done either way, but the way…
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.
Craig Cerrig-gleisiad Circular
This is an extended circular walk taking in an ancient Roman road (Sarn Helen) and extensive clifftop crag walking up to the summit of Craig Cerrig-gleisiad. The walk then takes you across open land to Fan Dringarth and the summit of…
Moel Penderyn: The Hill between Mountains
Moel Penderyn is a 371m hill situated between the Heads of the Valleys and the Central Brecon Beacons mountain range. This is a walk that takes in Dinas Rock and the nearby river gorge and then a long and reasonably…
Mynydd y Glyn: Isolation in the Valleys
Mynnyd y Glyn is a 377m hill in the South Wales Valley of Rhondda Cynon Taff. This is a nice, fairly gentle, circular walk taking in the trig point and the true summit. Despite being quite central in South Wales…
Cefn y Rhondda: Alone in the Valleys
A classic South Wales Valley hill walk taking in the 481m summit of Cefn y Rhondda. There are lots of parking options around Penrhys, many of them taking you nearer to the woodland that takes you away from civilisation and…
Mynydd Llangatwg (Twr Pen-cyrn) & the Lonely Shepherd
This is a great walk to the 529m summit of Mynydd Llangatwg (Twr Pen-cyrn) and then across to the wonderful Lonely Shepherd rocks. Fantastic views from the moment you park the car and throughout the walk, a truly wonderful South Wales…