{"id":1746,"date":"2021-05-31T18:31:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T18:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/?p=1746"},"modified":"2021-05-31T18:31:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T18:31:21","slug":"pen-rhiw-ifor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/05\/31\/pen-rhiw-ifor\/","title":{"rendered":"Pen-rhiw-Ifor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"min-width: 260px; max-width: 100%\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.outdooractive.com\/en\/embed\/211466944\/js?mw=false&#038;usr=2koj85&#038;key=USR-K9QPMS32-EMWGMGU9-4OSSTPFT\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pen-rhiw-Ifor is a disused tip that is now one of the higher hills in Torfaen, and close to the much more famous Blorenge.\u00a0<\/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\/51216899215\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51216899215_d83df71d21.jpg\" alt=\"Pen-rhiw-Ifor\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>It reminds me a bit of the landscape you might encounter in the Canary Islands. | Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 24mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Like most disused tips it is a popular place for bikers &#8211; motor and peddle &#8211; but is likely to be a quiet spot early in the morning and I had it to myself with the layby completely empty of vehicles as well &#8211; although the nearby Keepers Pond was already busy.<\/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\/51215143792\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51215143792_70cf8509c0.jpg\" alt=\"Pen-rhiw-Ifor\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Pen-rhiw-Ifor top, high enough to be above the clouds. | Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 24mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a short walk at just around 1m and the paths are easy to follow, with a couple of steep sections. You could easily wind your way around a few different paths to make the route longer, but I was just here to tick it off. <\/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\/51216618309\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51216618309_309f8ebe82.jpg\" alt=\"Pen-rhiw-Ifor\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>View from the top, looking West. | Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 24mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Views are good and the place would be a great place to bike so it is not the worst hill I&#8217;ve ticked off by a long way.\u00a0<\/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\/51216617789\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51216617789_39c7168bee.jpg\" alt=\"Pen-rhiw-Ifor\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Looking South-West. | Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 24mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I walked the Blorenge afterwards, leaving my car in the same layby rather than driving up to the Blorenge car park, you can also walk down to Keepers pond as well.<\/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\/51215862881\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51215862881_073d78781f.jpg\" alt=\"Pen-rhiw-Ifor\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Looking East towards the Blorenge. | Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 24mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pen-rhiw-Ifor is a disused tip that is now one of the higher hills in Torfaen, and close to the much more famous Blorenge.\u00a0 Like most disused tips it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38,6,43],"tags":[62,132,36,45,39,122,56,60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1748,"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746\/revisions\/1748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}