Pen-rhiw-Ifor

Pen-rhiw-Ifor is a disused tip that is now one of the higher hills in Torfaen, and close to the much more famous Blorenge. Like most disused tips it is a popular place for bikers – motor and peddle – but…

Pen-rhiw-Ifor is a disused tip that is now one of the higher hills in Torfaen, and close to the much more famous Blorenge. Like most disused tips it is a popular place for bikers – motor and peddle – but…

Although I now live in South Wales I was born and raised in Okehampton, a smallish town on the edge of Dartmoor. I’d been up to the moors a fair bit over the years, but only recently, when I got…

Pen March (535m) and Merthyr Common (531m) are boundary high points for Caerphilly, with Merthryr Common also being a boundary high point for Merthyr Tydfil as well. That means completing these two high points ticks off three hills on the…

Parking nearer the hill is not really possible without possibly / probably annoying people. I therefore parked next to the cattle grid where there is room to park out the way of the two roads converging. This left me with…

Blaen-y-cwm is a 416m forested hill in Torfaen. There are no views due to the heavy forestation, but the walk to it is pleasant enough – and you have the nearby blue waters of the Canyon to explore as well.…

If you drive North on the A4054 from Edwardsville you’ll be able to track a track on your right that takes you diagonally through the forest and up onto the ridgeway. Here you can park quite easily – but beware…