{"id":2438,"date":"2021-12-31T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/?p=2438"},"modified":"2022-03-12T07:20:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T07:20:14","slug":"bryn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewalkingkev.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/12\/31\/bryn\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"min-width: 260px; max-width: 100%\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.outdooractive.com\/en\/embed\/233281002\/js?mw=false\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bryn is a 562m hill in the Central Brecon Beacons. The route above also takes in Waun Rydd, a 769m mountain, but you could just tick off the hill and head back down again. I only walked Waun Rydd again because it was the last day of the year and I had a mountain ascent target to hit!<\/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\/51813273207\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51813273207_82e30a26b2_b.jpg\" alt=\"Bryn\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>A little church you pass on the way up. | Pentax K SMC 28mm f3.5 @ f8.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Parking in a layby near Pencelli, opposite Pencelli Castle. Nice country lane walking followed by clearly marked footpaths onto the open hillside &#8211; at which points you have multiple tracks taking you up to the summit.<\/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\/51814577459\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51814577459_ba37d29ee7_b.jpg\" alt=\"Bryn\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>A view looking back on the start of the gentle ascent. |  Pentax K SMC 28mm f3.5 @ f8. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Summit is marked by a cairn, but the true high point (2 metres higher) is not marked and barely looks any higher. There is one clear path onwards towards Waun Rydd, although smaller paths provide a more direct route to the summit point.<\/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\/51814339433\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51814339433_0baf3c2913_b.jpg\" alt=\"Bryn\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Classic countryside walking on the way up. |  Pentax K SMC 28mm f3.5 @ f8.  <\/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\/51814236101\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51814236101_e39e6e760e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Bryn\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Summit Cairn. |  Pentax K SMC 28mm f3.5 @ f8.   <\/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\/51814577324\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51814577324_400896c26f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Bryn\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Summit Cairn. |  Pentax K SMC 28mm f3.5 @ f8.  <\/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\/51814235971\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51814235971_22b6b0dd64_b.jpg\" alt=\"Bryn\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Summit Cairn. |  Pentax K SMC 28mm f3.5 @ f8. <\/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\/51813272847\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51813272847_4fcbab8243_b.jpg\" alt=\"Bryn\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Bryn from the ascent of Waun Rydd. |   Pentax K SMC 28mm f3.5 @ f8.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bryn is a 562m hill in the Central Brecon Beacons. The route above also takes in Waun Rydd, a 769m mountain, but you could just tick off the hill and head back down again. I only walked Waun Rydd again because it was the last day of the year and I had a mountain ascent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[263,276,267,259,17],"tags":[38,41,112,113,182,185,197,200,237],"class_list":["post-2438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-challenging","category-powys","category-walks-by-county","category-walk-rating","category-welsh-hills","tag-brecon-beacons","tag-bryn","tag-hiking","tag-hill-walking","tag-pentax-k-28mm-f3-5","tag-powys","tag-sony-a7rii","tag-south-wales","tag-welsh-hills"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalkingkev.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalkingkev.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalkingkev.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewalkingkev.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewalkingkev.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thewalkingkev.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2616,"href":"https:\/\/thewalkingkev.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438\/revisions\/2616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewalkingkev.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalkingkev.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewalkingkev.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewalkingkev.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}