Cefn Gwyngul
This is a pleasant and easy walk via a country lane, forest gravel tracks and a rough, grassy track. Less than 4m in distance and 500ft of ascent gives you great views from the 470m summit of Cefn Gwyngul, which is…
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.
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Garn Ddu
Garn Ddu is a 462m hill in the Brecon Beacons, offering good views of the Pen y Fan horseshoe walk and wide views South. You park at a decent-sized layby next to Llwyn-Onn reservoir and cross the road to a…
Cefn Cil-Sanws
Cefn Cil-Sanws is a 461m hill above Merthyr Tydfil and below the Brecon Beacons horseshoe walk. I walked this along with Garn Ddu following the route above and the hill is well worth walking, being topped by a trig point…
Graig Syfyrddin [Edmund’s Tump]
Graig Syfyrddin [Edmund’s Tump] is a 423m hill in Monmouthshire. As a fairly isolated hill it offers great views in every direction of open countryside. The walk is a pleasant one with gentle ascent and descent and you pick up…
Ysgyryd Fach
Ysgyryd Fach is a 271m hill in Monmouthshire, just outside of Abergavenny. In English it is ‘Little Skirrid’, as it is smaller than the nearby Skirrid (Ysgyryd Fawr). This is a good little walk, with plenty of ascent through classic…
Mynydd Aberdare
Mynydd Aberdare is a 457m hill above Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil. It offers some of the best views of the Brecon Beacons I have found so far from the South Wales valley ridges and summits. I walked it on the…