Tor y Foel

You can drive up a small lane from Talybont on Usk that does a lot of the hard ascent for you, it also takes you to a parking spot with room for a few cars and a small stone bench…

You can drive up a small lane from Talybont on Usk that does a lot of the hard ascent for you, it also takes you to a parking spot with room for a few cars and a small stone bench…

I started this walk by summiting Pant y Creigiau, a 565m hill just South of the start of the Brecon Beacons Horseshoe walk – if you are doing it counter-clockwise. Bryniau Gleision is a 538m hill on the same ridgeway…

Pant y Creigiau is a 565m hill just South of the start of the Brecon Beacons Horseshoe walk – if you are doing it counter-clockwise and Bryniau Gleision is a 538m hill on the same ridgeway slightly further South and…

You can park in Trefil by a small play park, there is actually plenty of parking here and it is normally very quiet. You can follow the road up to a gate, which you can open and you are then…

Mynydd Llangynidr is a 558m hill above Llangynidr that offers great views of the classic Brecon Beacons and is topped by a very large cairn. Also of interest is that the route takes you via Blaen Onneu – 541m and…

This is a nice walk, with good paths and easy parking. Views are great from the off – before you even park the car you have views in every direction worthy of a photo – and the terrain is soft…