{"id":1818,"date":"2021-06-07T19:35:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T18:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/?p=1818"},"modified":"2022-03-12T16:11:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T16:11:31","slug":"twyn-brynbychan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewalkingkev.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/06\/07\/twyn-brynbychan\/","title":{"rendered":"Twyn Brynbychan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"min-width: 260px; max-width: 100%\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.outdooractive.com\/en\/embed\/212243878\/js?mw=false\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Twyn Brynbychan is a 411m hill above Mountain Ash that offers great views in every direction, and one of the best short-ish ridgeway walks I have done. The route above takes in Mynydd Gethin and Mynydd Aberdare, which will be covered in separate blog posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The start is\u00a0inauspicious as you park in a layby off the busy A4059 and are greeted by quite a strong smell of urine as some drivers must have recently been caught short. However, the walk takes you on quickly ascending, zig-zagging footpaths and you\u2019re soon in dappled sunlight on a classic woodland walk and the road noise is left behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/uponnothing\/51233382318\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51233382318_965f0939e2_b.jpg\" alt=\"Twyn Brynbychan\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Twyn Brynbychan. | Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 24mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I perhaps followed a wrong turn soon after, ending up in a weird shack that someone is possibly sleeping, or it is a place for people to hang out. Either way, I think I should not have turned right into this place and should have carried on the original path, or even taken a different path entirely from the layby. I had to pick up the path by scrambling through some overgrowth, but once back on the right track \u2013 literally as the path soon picks up one of the forestry tracks \u2013 the rest of the walk goes smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/uponnothing\/51232465517\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51232465517_f2fcfa6ecc_b.jpg\" alt=\"Twyn Brynbychan\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The view North up the ridgeway and towards the Brecon Beacons. | Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 48mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can zig zag up numerous forestry tracks and take short cuts made by mountain bikers to find your way to the summit. I walked North past the summit on a lower forestry track and then took an ascending path South that took me up to the trig point, this was a good route up and probably the one marked on the OS map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/uponnothing\/51233168951\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51233168951_10d6e9afc9_b.jpg\" alt=\"Twyn Brynbychan\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The view West towards the next ridgeway. | Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 48mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The summit is marked by a trig point and a weather or communication tower \/ station. It offers great views in every direction and I know I got it on a great day, but this was one of the best summits I&#8217;ve done in South Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/uponnothing\/51230518255\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51230518255_16e9cea1d9_b.jpg\" alt=\"Twyn Brynbychan\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The path North along the ridgeway. | Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 24mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can head North from here on a path that places you on the middle of the ridgeway pretty much all the way to Mynydd Aberdare, and it is a great walk taking in Woodland, meadows, tracks and gentle patches of ascent and descent. This is definitely a gem of a walk in the South Wales Valleys and highly recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/uponnothing\/51229440231\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51229440231_d43001952d_b.jpg\" alt=\"Twyn Brynbychan\" width=\"1024\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>A classic valleys view. | Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 24mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twyn Brynbychan is a 411m hill above Mountain Ash that offers great views in every direction, and one of the best short-ish ridgeway walks I have done. The route above takes in Mynydd Gethin and Mynydd Aberdare, which will be covered in separate blog posts. 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