Pen y Foel
This is a really pleasant circular walk to the top of Pen y Foel, a 331m metre hill complete with painted trig point and extensive views South, West and North. Parking is in a free car park in Abercynon –…
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
Mynydd Troed-y-rhiw
Parking is at the shrine of Our Lady of Penrhys, which offers a good dedicated car park for a few cars. It is also on the ridgeway so this walk has very little – and very gentle ascent up to the…
Craig Ruperra
Coed Craig Ruperra is an 182m hill in Caerphilly topped by an ancient hill fort and near to Ruperra Castle. The hill offers many walking trails around and up, as well as being crossed by some longer routes – the…
Crug Mawr
Crug Mawr is a 550m hill in the Black Mountains range above Crickhowell. It is the final summit on the above route, before you descend all the way back to a river, crossing it into LLanbedr and back to the…
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…
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…