Coety Mountain
Coety Mountain, at 578m, is the highest hill in Blaenau Gwent, but has – like the other hills on this loop, an unmarked summit. You can walk to Coety Mountain on large tracks from a couple of different directions, but…
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
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…
Y Domen Fawr
Parking is near a small reservoir, which is now a popular fishing spot. The last bit of road is pretty rough, so take it carefully as you could easily ground your car in a couple of the potholes. The track…
Mynydd Bedwellte
Mynydd Bedwellte is a 486m high hill near Tredegar. This route takes from an easily accessible parking spot next to a small pond, near the Cefn Golau Cholera Cemetery. – you can follow road signs for this to help you…
Mynydd Meio
Mynydd Meio can be walked from many different directions and could make a nice loop with Cefn Eglwysilan and Mynydd Eglwysilan – taking in some of the Rhymney Valley Ridgeway walk. However, this is a short and sharp up and…
Penhow
A short woodland walk up to the top of 194m high Penhow hill near Rudry. Parking is in a dedicated carpark complete with picnic benches and footpaths / tracks going in every direction. The woodland, at the right time of…