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Pen yr Allt Uchaf

Mountain rank by height: 171 out of 188Height: 2,030ft | 620mRegion: AransGrid ref: SH 87100 19667 This is the first summit on a 9 mountain circular walk. You…

Reflections on the first 150 (ish…)

When I decided, towards the end of the second lockdown, to see if I could walk a mountain from home I had no idea I would, just 7…

Black Mountain

Black Mountain is a 703m mountain in the Black Mountains range. It is just below Hay Bluff and the summit is marked by a small pile of rocks….

Twmpa [Lord Hereford’s Knob]

Twmpa, or Lord Herefords Knob, is a 690m Mountain in the Black Mountains range. It forms part of quite a dramatic wedge that includes Rhos Dirion and Hay…

Rhos Dirion

Rhos Dirion is a 713m mountain in the Black Mountains range. It tops a long ridgeway and has great views North as it steeply drops to open and…

Chwarel y Fan

Chwarel y Fan, a 679m mountain in the Black Mountains range, is the first summit on the 19m route above. It marks the highest point of quite a…

Pen y Gadair Fawr

Mountain rank by height: 45 out of 188Height: 2,625ft | 800mRegion: Black MountainsGrid ref: SO 22946 28763 The second highest peak on this Black Mountains loop, but easily…

Mynydd Llysiau

Mountain rank by height: 125 out of 188Height: 2,175ft | 663mRegion: Black MountainsGrid ref: SO207279 This is the fourth mountain on the above loop and is marked by…

Waun Fach

Mountain rank by height: 38 out of 188Height: 2,661ft | 811mRegion: Black MountainsGrid ref: SO215300 Waun Fach is the highest mountain in the Black Mountains range, although with…