Mynydd James
Mynydd James is another heather covered hill in Blaenau Gwent with nothing marking the highest point. I approached it from Blaina, which was a positive start with a nice pond and a nature area of sorts. However, the track up…
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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Mulfran
Mulfran is a 524m high hill above Blaina. It is one of the more characterful hills in the area in that it has some clear paths / motorbike routes up and isn’t just covered in dense heather. The highest point…
Cefn Coch
Cefn Coch, at 574m, is the highest hill in Torfaen, but 3m shy of the highest boundary point of Torfaen which is the nearby Coety Mountain. Like most hills in this area, despite being not that far off of a…
Gwasted
I tried a fairly direct route up to Gwasted from Cwmtillery ponds, which meant a lot of the walk was through thick heather without any tracks. This was not fun and made progress very slow. The early parts of the…
Fan Foel
Despite being 781m Fan Foel is not a mountain – it is a subsidiary peak of nearby Fan Brycheiniog (802m) – but, as Fan Brycheiniog is classed as being in Powys, Fan Foel is the highest point in Carmarthenshire. The…
Fan Hir
Mountain rank by height: 57 out of 188Height: 2,497ft | 761mRegion: Brecon BeaconsGrid ref: SN830209 Fan Hir can be approached from a few different directions, some gentle, some steep and forms part of a popular loop of four mountains which…