The Forested Valley
A beautiful circular walk through a forested valley taking in some stunning views and a real sense of scale that reminds you how the Valleys can sometimes feel like a wilderness. The walk is largely on good forest trails and…
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 Welsh Valleys
The Quiet Valleys
This route has some issues as the first footpath vanishes into overgrowth and requires you walking up a hill and over a gate to access the country lane. Then the next off-road section can be very overgrown with bracken. The…
Coed Ruperra Circular
A lovely circular walk through a variety of forest, woodland and beautiful Welsh countryside. Following good footpaths – including a small section of the Cambrian Way – this is a route that offers a range of alternative paths to get…
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.
The Winding Wheel
A lovely little walk on a very peaceful hill taking in a lonely trigpoint – accompanied by a fine CEN bench – some industrial relics and the photogenic winding wheel. You can park in a few different places, but I…
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,…