{"id":2042,"date":"2021-04-17T21:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T21:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/?p=2042"},"modified":"2021-08-19T21:19:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T21:19:35","slug":"black-mixen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/17\/black-mixen\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Mixen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mountain rank by height: 140 out of 188<br>Height: 2,133ft | 650m<br>Region: Central Wales<br>Grid ref: SO196643<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"min-width: 260px; max-width: 100%\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.outdooractive.com\/en\/embed\/220691569\/js?mw=false&#038;usr=2koj85&#038;key=USR-K9QPMS32-EMWGMGU9-4OSSTPFT\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Black Mixen is unusual in that the trig point is right next to a large weather station, something that has no doubt been controversial. The walk to Black Mixen from Great Rhos is very gentle, following wide and smooth grass paths. You go down a gentle descent with views down the valley towards the military weapons testing centre, before rising up towards Black Mixen summit.<\/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\/51123324252\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51123324252_cef323fb63.jpg\" alt=\"Walk to Black Mixen\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The view North from the walk to Black Mixen. | Tamron Adaptall SP 28-80 @ 80mm, 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\/51123797653\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51123797653_93e2db1c4f.jpg\" alt=\"Black Mixen\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>You almost always know where the summit is thanks to the weather station. Also note the wide and easy path to follow. | Tamron Adaptall SP 28-80 @ 28mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The trig point is raised on a small mound, possibly bronze age, very close by the weather station, but views are broad nonetheless.<\/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\/51123323557\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51123323557_fbc19956f2.jpg\" alt=\"Black Mixen\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Black Mixen summit. | Tamron Adaptall SP 28-80 @ 28mm, 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\/51123889571\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51123889571_07853419de.jpg\" alt=\"Black Mixen\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Extensive views and you can choose whether to include the weather station or not&#8230; | Tamron Adaptall SP 28-80 @ 28mm, 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\/51123798618\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51123798618_e968a721ee_c.jpg\" alt=\"Black Mixen\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Black Mixen weather station. | Tamron Adaptall SP 28-80 @ 28mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The walk to Bache Hill, the lowest of the three summits and one of the lowest mountains in Wales, is gentle and short so it is highly recommended that you continue onto it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mountain rank by height: 140 out of 188Height: 2,133ft | 650mRegion: Central WalesGrid ref: SO196643 Black Mixen is unusual in that the trig point is right next to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38,6,172],"tags":[195,51,87,36,77,173],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042"}],"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=2042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2045,"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042\/revisions\/2045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}