{"id":1891,"date":"2021-06-30T19:58:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T19:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/?p=1891"},"modified":"2021-07-02T09:00:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T09:00:54","slug":"mynydd-caerau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/06\/30\/mynydd-caerau\/","title":{"rendered":"Mynydd Caerau"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"min-width: 260px; max-width: 100%\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.outdooractive.com\/en\/embed\/214764413\/js?mw=false&#038;usr=2koj85&#038;key=USR-K9QPMS32-EMWGMGU9-4OSSTPFT\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Mynydd Caerau is the second highest hill in Bridgend at 555m and it offers great views down to the distant sea and is accessible via a gentle walk with minimal ascent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see from the route above I walked to Mynydd Caerau after Werfa (Mynydd Llangeinwyr) which was a pleasant walk on wide bike tracks or sheep trails &#8211; depending on how direct you want to be. The grass is kept short by grazing sheep so even off-trail the walking is pretty easy.<\/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\/51284730798\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51284730798_75d45a1a9e.jpg\" alt=\"Mynydd Caerau\" width=\"500\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The gentle walk towards Mynydd Caerau opens up views South to the sea &#8211; on a clear day the views would be even better. | Tamron Adaptall 35-135 @ 35mm, f11. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The views open up as the fall to the left becomes more dramatic and on a clear day you should be able to see the sea &#8211; I could see it from the summit, but it was very hazy. <\/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\/51285582440\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51285582440_d07c09dfed.jpg\" alt=\"Mynydd Caerau\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The view down the valley. | Tamron Adaptall 35-135 @ 35mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The walk takes you down into a dip before it takes you steeply up to the summit. The tracks are well-worn by motorbikes but once you are up the steep part it smooths out to a nice footpath. You can cut right at any point towards the trig point over short grass and longer, thicker tufts of photogenic grass.<\/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\/51284562836\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51284562836_b3150c1fdc.jpg\" alt=\"Mynydd Caerau\" width=\"500\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Mynydd Caerau. | Tamron Adaptall 35-135 @ 35mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The trig point sits atop a distinctive mound, windmills are fairly close by but you can easily avoid these in photos if you want a wilder shot. <\/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\/51284752193\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51284752193_237250cc9e.jpg\" alt=\"Mynydd Caerau\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Mynydd Caerau. | Tamron Adaptall 35-135 @ 35mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/51285602785\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51285602785_4b8f2310ed.jpg\" alt=\"Mynydd Caerau\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Mynydd Caerau trig point. | Tamron Adaptall 35-135 @ 35mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The trig point is  good place to sit to take in the views South towards Port Talbot and the sea. This would be a good hill to come back to when the visibility is better.<\/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\/51285602565\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51285602565_c53a6489c5.jpg\" alt=\"Mynydd Caerau\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Sea view. | Tamron Adaptall 35-135 @ 35mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/51284751158\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51284751158_3c3a999974.jpg\" alt=\"Mynydd Caerau\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Sea view. | Tamron Adaptall 35-135 @ 135mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/51284582296\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51284582296_e7a07119fd.jpg\" alt=\"Mynydd Caerau\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>View back towards Werfa. | Tamron Adaptall 35-135 @ 35mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mynydd Caerau is the second highest hill in Bridgend at 555m and it offers great views down to the distant sea and is accessible via a gentle walk&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38,6,43],"tags":[161,51,62,163,36,82,56,60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1891"}],"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=1891"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1895,"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1891\/revisions\/1895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}