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Places to Stay in the Brecon Beacons (Bannau Brycheiniog): Best Hotels, Cosy B&Bs & Cabins for Hiking, Walking, Paddleboarding & Biking

6 January 2026 No Comments

Planning a trip to the Brecon Beacons (Bannau Brycheiniog) and not sure where to base…

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Talgarth, Pwll-y-Wrach Waterfall, Rhos Fach & Talgarth Mill Circular Walk – Black Mountains, Bannau Brycheiniog

22 December 2025 No Comments

This 7-mile circular starts in the town of Talgarth and managed to feel like a…

Gospel Pass, Twmpa (Lord Hereford’s Knob), Capel-y-ffin & Offa’s Dyke to Hay Bluff Circular Walk – Black Mountains, Bannau Brycheiniog

14 December 2025 No Comments

This 10-mile circular from Gospel Pass strings together some of the best bits of the…

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Waun Fach Circular – 16 km Ridge Walk from Mynydd Du Car Park, via Chwarel y Fan, Rhos Dirion and Pen y Manllwyn.

27 July 2025 2 Comments

This classic high ridge walk (approx. 16 km / 10 miles) explores the eastern escarpment of the…

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Llanthony Priory circular up to Hatterall ridge via Black Mountain South Top, along Offa’s Dyke path on the Wales, England border.

21 April 2025 No Comments

LLanthony Priory is a partly ruined former Augustinian Priory, in the secluded Vale of Ewyas,…

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Hay Bluff & Lord Herefords Knob (Twmpa) Circular Walk, near Hay on Wye on the Welsh, English border.

2 March 2025 No Comments

Llyn y Fan Fach, Picws Du, and Llyn y Fan Fawr Circular Walk in the…

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Llyn y Fan Fach, Fan Brycheiniog and Llyn y Fan Fawr Circular Walk, where folklore connects to the legend of ‘The Lady of the Lake’.

4 November 2024 No Comments

Llyn y Fan Fach, Picws Du, and Llyn y Fan Fawr Circular Walk in the…

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Clytha Park Circular Walk – Coed y Bwnydd Iron Age Hillfort, Bettws Newydd Hamlet & Clytha Castle Folly.

30 October 2024 No Comments

Ramble through an 18th-century estate, taking in the wildlife-rich River Usk and Coed y Bwnydd…

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Blorenge easy hike from Pen-ffordd-goch (Keepers Pond). Flat walk to the Trigg and Blorenge edge and back, via Fox Hunter car park.

26 June 2024 No Comments

The Blorenge is an iconic mountain in the Black Mountains, and this easy walk is…

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The Skirrid (Ysgyryd Fawr) Circular Walk in the Black Mountains, Abergavenny

26 April 2024 No Comments

The Skirrid is the smallest of the 3 in Abergavenny, but I think it may…

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Sugar Loaf, Abergavenny – Up St Mary’s Vale Wood, Down Deri Allt Valley

13 January 2024 No Comments

This is the very first mountain I hiked up, and for a long time it…

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Blorenge Circular Walk, from Llanfoist nr. Abergavenny – via the Punchbowl & Keepers Pond

9 October 2023 2 Comments

The Blorenge is one of three mountains that surround the town of Abergavenny, the other…

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Crickhowell, Llangattock Escarpment circular up to Craig Y Cilau & visit Eglwys Faen or Church Cave

4 July 2023 No Comments

Crickhowell and Llangattock have a large number of hiking and walking routes in and around…

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Talgarth Walking Festival – The Three Pens of Crickhowell Circular: Pen Gloch-y-pibwr, Pen Allt-mawr & Pen Cerrig-calch

4 May 2023 No Comments

The 2023 Talgarth Walking Festival, the 9th event, took place between Friday April 28th and…

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The South Wales Three Peaks Trial Challenge 2023 – In Partnership with Outdooractive

30 March 2023 No Comments

The South Wales Three Peaks Trial is an organised challenge walk arranged each year in…

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Dragons Back & Waun Fach Circular – Pengenffordd, Black Mountains in the Bannau Brycheiniog

15 February 2023 2 Comments

The Dragons Back as you can imagine is named because you have a collection of…

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Sugar Loaf Circular, Abergavenny – Classic, Easier, Shorter Route

12 January 2023 4 Comments

This is the very first mountain I hiked up, and for a long time it…

Abergavenny All Posts Black Mountains Brecon Beacons Crickhowell Trail Guide Wales Woodland & Forest Walks

Crickhowell to Sugar Loaf Circular Walk, Abergavenny, Black Mountains

29 July 2022 No Comments

It's amazing how many of our walks have started in Crickhowell, and they are all…

All Posts Black Mountains Brecon Beacons Crickhowell Trail Guide Wales

Table Mountain Crickhowell, Pen Cerrig Calch (Peak), Glanusk Estate, Llangattock – Circular

18 July 2022 No Comments

All of my walking guides and adventures are free to read, and always will be.…

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Abergavenny 3 Peaks 43km Challenge for charity – Campaign Against Living Miserably

31 December 2021 No Comments

The ‘Abergavenny 3 Peaks’ are a group of stunning mountains, which includes the Blorenge, the…

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Cloud Inversion experience from the Sugar Loaf Mountain in the Brecon Beacons

21 December 2021 No Comments

Setting off on my usual Sunday morning walk up the Sugar Loaf in Abergavenny, was…

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Tube Trekking: Monument to Westminster via London Bridge along the South Bank Queens Walk. Inc. The Golden Hinde, The Globe, Tate Modern, London Eye & Big Ben.

Tube Trekking: Shoreditch & Brick Lane Street Art Loop (Liverpool Street Circular). Free Self-Guided Tour.

Hindhead Common & Devil’s Punch Bowl – The National Trust’s Highcombe Circular Hike, Surrey, South East England.

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Places to Stay in the Brecon Beacons (Bannau Brycheiniog): Best Hotels, Cosy B&Bs & Cabins for Hiking, Walking, Paddleboarding & Biking

Talgarth, Pwll-y-Wrach Waterfall, Rhos Fach & Talgarth Mill Circular Walk – Black Mountains, Bannau Brycheiniog

Gospel Pass, Twmpa (Lord Hereford’s Knob), Capel-y-ffin & Offa’s Dyke to Hay Bluff Circular Walk – Black Mountains, Bannau Brycheiniog

Waun Fach Circular – 16 km Ridge Walk from Mynydd Du Car Park, via Chwarel y Fan, Rhos Dirion and Pen y Manllwyn.

Llanthony Priory circular up to Hatterall ridge via Black Mountain South Top, along Offa’s Dyke path on the Wales, England border.

Hay Bluff & Lord Herefords Knob (Twmpa) Circular Walk, near Hay on Wye on the Welsh, English border.

Llyn y Fan Fach, Fan Brycheiniog and Llyn y Fan Fawr Circular Walk, where folklore connects to the legend of ‘The Lady of the Lake’.

Clytha Park Circular Walk – Coed y Bwnydd Iron Age Hillfort, Bettws Newydd Hamlet & Clytha Castle Folly.

Blorenge easy hike from Pen-ffordd-goch (Keepers Pond). Flat walk to the Trigg and Blorenge edge and back, via Fox Hunter car park.

The Skirrid (Ysgyryd Fawr) Circular Walk in the Black Mountains, Abergavenny

Sugar Loaf, Abergavenny – Up St Mary’s Vale Wood, Down Deri Allt Valley

Blorenge Circular Walk, from Llanfoist nr. Abergavenny – via the Punchbowl & Keepers Pond

Crickhowell, Llangattock Escarpment circular up to Craig Y Cilau & visit Eglwys Faen or Church Cave

Talgarth Walking Festival – The Three Pens of Crickhowell Circular: Pen Gloch-y-pibwr, Pen Allt-mawr & Pen Cerrig-calch

The South Wales Three Peaks Trial Challenge 2023 – In Partnership with Outdooractive

Dragons Back & Waun Fach Circular – Pengenffordd, Black Mountains in the Bannau Brycheiniog

Sugar Loaf Circular, Abergavenny – Classic, Easier, Shorter Route

Crickhowell to Sugar Loaf Circular Walk, Abergavenny, Black Mountains

Table Mountain Crickhowell, Pen Cerrig Calch (Peak), Glanusk Estate, Llangattock – Circular

Abergavenny 3 Peaks 43km Challenge for charity – Campaign Against Living Miserably

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