Mynydd y Gaer
A quick and easy walk from a small car park along wide open, grassy paths with very little ascent and descent. The hill is marked by a trig point – with an old, fallen, trig point nearby. Views are good…
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.
Tag Hill Walking
Mynydd Maendy
A quick and easy walk this one as you can park close by on the ridgeway so the walk to the highest point is just over a mile with very little ascent on good tracks. Views are good as you…
Twyn Tal-y-cefn [Talycefn]
Twyn Tal-y-cefn is a 702m hill in the Black Mountains marked by a cairn, although this is not according to the map the highest point – which is slightly further North. The approach to this hill is on a well-maintained…
Craig y Saeson
This is a short walk, offering limited parking for 1 or maybe 2 cars close to the hill top. The hill has a trig point – buried in the hedge when I visited in summer – a memorial patch of…
Woodhill
Parking in a housing estate in Tongwynlais puts you right at the bottom of a well-walked footpath that takes you into the summit field. At this point you have to walk through tall grass to the trig point, which didn’t…
Twyn Crugyrafan [Graig Fawr]
A Rhondda Cynon Taff and Neath Port Talbot hill, Twyn Crugyrafan is 559m high but is easily accessible with minimal ascent from the road that snakes over the ridgeway just beneath it. I walked this hill alongside Werfa and Mynydd…