WALK 69 - Pen Twyn Mawr, Gadair, Waun Fach, Macnamara's Road - Saturday 15th March
A wonderful circuit around the tops of the Black Mountains
INCLUDES £1 CHARGE FOR PARKING THAT WILL BE DONATED TO THE WALES AIR AMBULANCE
A wonderful circuit around the tops of the Black Mountains
INCLUDES £1 CHARGE FOR PARKING THAT WILL BE DONATED TO THE WALES AIR AMBULANCE
A wonderful circuit around the tops of the Black Mountains
INCLUDES £1 CHARGE FOR PARKING THAT WILL BE DONATED TO THE WALES AIR AMBULANCE
WALK DETAILS
Meeting Point: Tir y Nant NP8 1SY
Grid Ref: SO 237237
What3Words: donates.untruth.coarser
Time: 09:00 to 16:00
Distance: 11.7 miles ( 18.7 km )
Ascent: 2100 ft ( 640 m )
Leader: Caroline Sheffield
Leaving Tir y Nant we ascend the ridge path and follow it over the low tops of Pen Twyn Mawr, Pen y Gadair Fawr and Waun Fach, the high point of our day. We descend via Pen Trumau to Macnamara's Road and cross the Grwyne Fechan stream at the picturesque Tal-y-maes bridge. We follow a track to the ruined Hermitage and learn about the colourful John Macnamara. A quiet road takes us back to the start.
Walk Profile
DIRECTIONS TO START
From the front of CRiC take A40 towards Abergavenny and turn immediately left after the Fire Station up Greenhill Way. Then right at the mini-roundabout and first left into Great Oak Road. Continue along this road for about 4½ miles. (Do not turn left or right at white cottage.) Soon after a sharp right hand bend you will pass a red telephone box and then come to a no through road sign at a junction. Turn sharply right and immediately left onto forest track and follow signs for Tir y Nant (Brook Cottage on pre-2009 maps).