{"id":2089,"date":"2021-05-01T18:24:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T18:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/?p=2089"},"modified":"2022-03-11T11:10:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T11:10:52","slug":"corn-du","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewalkingkev.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/05\/01\/corn-du\/","title":{"rendered":"Corn Du"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mountain rank by height: 25 out of 188<br>Height: 2,864ft | 872m<br>Region: Brecon Beacons<br>Grid ref: SO007213<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"min-width: 260px; max-width: 100%\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.outdooractive.com\/en\/embed\/220696699\/js?mw=false\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Part of the big three in South Wales, Corn Du is recognisable from most parts of South and Central 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\/51154219464\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51154219464_264b013e8f_b.jpg\" alt=\"The Beacons\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Corn Du, left of Pen y Fan, bookends it along with Cribyn. | Minolta MD 35-70 @ 35mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/51155590169\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51155590169_fb59d8150d_b.jpg\" alt=\"Pen Y Fan\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The summits are very similar is shape and height. | Minolta MD 35-70 @ 70mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are walking Pen y Fan it would be madness not to also walk Corn Du, and vice versa. <\/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\/51155697004\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51155697004_3815f42775_b.jpg\" alt=\"Corn Du\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Corn Du viewed from the Eastern ascent of Pen y Fan. | Minolta MD 35-70 @ 35mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/51154242787\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51154242787_ff726a3354_b.jpg\" alt=\"Corn Du\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Corn Du from Pen y Fan is the gentlest of walks. | Minolta MD 35-70 @ 35mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The views from Corn Du are very similar to those from Pen y Fan, but you can frame Corn Du against the mountains West really nicely, especially the arc of Fan Gyhirych.<\/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\/51155143268\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51155143268_e65162d776_b.jpg\" alt=\"Corn Du\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Fan Gyhirych in the distance with the distinct moon-shaped sweep. | Minolta MD 35-70 @ 70mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is just an absolute must-do mountain if you are tackling this range, and given that it is right next to Pen y Fan, it is also the easiest to tick off if you are doing Pen y Fan anyway.<\/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\/51155721529\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51155721529_2370b10069_b.jpg\" alt=\"Corn Du\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Corn Du summit. | Minolta MD 35-70 @ 35mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Corn Du was the last summit for me of the day &#8211; 7 in total &#8211; and marked my completion of this section of the Brecon Beacons. Only the Black Mountain range above Crickhowell (12 mountains) remains. The feeling of looking in every direction from Corn Du at mountains that I&#8217;d walked, all in the past few weeks, was quite something.<\/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\/51155721664\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51155721664_98f07db433_b.jpg\" alt=\"Corn Du\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The mountains West of Corn Du and Pen y Fan. | Minolta MD 35-70 @ 35mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/51155167623\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51155167623_30f67a442a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Corn Du\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The popular and quickest route down to Storey Arms. | Minolta MD 35-70 @ 35mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mountain rank by height: 25 out of 188Height: 2,864ft | 872mRegion: Brecon BeaconsGrid ref: SO007213 Part of the big three in South Wales, Corn Du is recognisable from most parts of South and Central Wales. 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