03/02/07 I drove down to
the Black Mountains near Hay on Wye for the weekend to climb
some of the Nuttalls in the area.
The Nuttalls are summits
of 2000ft.
The weather was ideal with
clear skies and was perfect for walking in this superb area.
I started the walk from
Capel - y ffin and the picture on the right is the small
Chapel which lies on the old boundary of Monmouthshire and
Breconshire
Todays summits were
Black Mountain South Top
Black Mountain
Twmpa
Rhos Dirion
Chwarel y Fan |
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Looking across
the valley at Chwarel Fan where I will be later in the afternoon. Once
up on the ridge the walking is fairly easy |
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| Once on the Black
Mountain South Top this is the view looking south along Offas Dyke
Path |
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| Looking back down
the valley towards Capel-y- ffin |
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| Looking west from
Hay Bluff towards Twmpa and Rhos Dirion |
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| Looking from the
summit of Rhos Dirion towards Chwarel Fan which is four miles in the
distance |
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| Sunday
04/02/07 |
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I stayed the
previous night in Llandidrod Wells and then drove up to the Caban-coch
Reservoir near Rhayader for a walk in the hills above the Elan Valley
Todays walk
climbed Gorllwyn and Drygarn Fawr
The photo on the
right shows the frost covered fields at the start of the walk |
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| On the summit of
Gorllwyn looking south |
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| Looking
across from Gorllwyn at the summit of Drygarn Fawr which is about
three miles away
There are very few paths and although it looks easy its hard work
walking across this sort of terrain
If you find a shhep track
heading in the general direction you want to go my advice is follow
it. Its a lot easier than trying to make your own way across this
tussock grass and bogs
If you look closely you can
just make out the the two beehive shaped cairns |
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| The twin cairns on
the summit of Drygarn Fawr. The second one is about a quarter of a
mile away |
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| Myself near the
cairns, a really quiet area, I only met four people all day |
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| Looking back the
way I had come with Gorllwyn in the distance
There was faint track all the way
back to the road which I think was made by a farmer on his Quad bike.
If you find it stick with it, its mavellous.
Its not marked on the map |
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