Wilderness Walking
A wonderful figure of 8 walk on Mynydd y Lan, a wonderfully wild and peaceful hill in the South Wales Valleys. This walk is part of ‘The Miners’ list, my personal list of the 40 best hills in South Wales.
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 Caerphilly
Walks in the County of Caerphilly, South Wales.
Mynydd Machen Circular
This is a wonderful circular walk taking in the magnificent summit of Mynydd Machen. Free on street parking in Machen allows you to pick up The Cambrian Way to ascend up to the trig point of Mynydd Machen. Wonderful views,…
Mynydd Twyn-glas Circular
A lovely loop taking in a pond, some lonely paths, a trig point and some CEN benches.
Mynydd Pen-y-fan Circular
A lovely circular walk taking in woodland footpaths, disused railways, ancient tracks and a 409m hill topped by a trig point. Free parking is at Pen-y-fan pond and then you can follow generally well signposted footpaths and peaceful country lanes.…
Twmbarlwm: The Jewel
This is a really good walk, although one section is a little difficult to follow, but I managed to get back onto some cycle trails – although they are marked as footpaths on the OS maps. You’ll be surprised by…
The Rock of Ages
Visiting the Rock of Ages, which has a lovely 1 star Google Maps review... but is it now worth visiting?