{"id":2094,"date":"2021-05-01T18:27:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/?p=2094"},"modified":"2021-08-20T18:30:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T18:30:25","slug":"craig-gwaun-taf-duwynt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/05\/01\/craig-gwaun-taf-duwynt\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig Gwaun Taf [Duwynt]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mountain rank by height: 35 out of 189<br>Height: 2,711ft | 826.4m<br>Region: Brecon Beacons<br>Grid ref: SO 00553 20725<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"min-width: 260px; max-width: 100%\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.outdooractive.com\/en\/embed\/220696699\/js?mw=false&#038;usr=2koj85&#038;key=USR-K9QPMS32-EMWGMGU9-4OSSTPFT\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Craig Gwaun Taf is the 35th highest mountain in Wales and forms part of the highest ridgeway in the Brecon Beacons, with easy walking to Pen y Fan, Corn Du and the whole Beacons Horseshoe walk.<\/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\/51165773144\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51165773144_aa0081c5ce.jpg\" alt=\"Craig-Gwaun-Taf\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Craig-Gwaun-Taf from Corn Du. | Minolta MD 35-70 @ 35mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I walked the horseshoe anti-clockwise, making Craig Gwaun Taf the final mountain on the route, before a long and gentle descent &#8211; with one steep section &#8211; back to the car.<\/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\/51165238518\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51165238518_10497d5114.jpg\" alt=\"Beacons Horseshoe\" width=\"500\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Beacons Horseshoe from Craig-Gwaun-Taf. | Minolta MD 35-70 @ 35mm, f11 &#8211; 4 images stitched together.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You get excellent views back to Corn Du, Pen y Fan and the whole Beacons Horseshoe and the route up to Pen y Fan via Craig-Gwaun-Taf is very popular.<\/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\/51165247133\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51165247133_e68b64783e.jpg\" alt=\"Craig-Gwaun-Taf\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Cairn making the top of Craig-Gwaun-Taf. | Minolta MD 35-70 @ 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\/51165790399\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51165790399_f879ebb7fc.jpg\" alt=\"Craig-Gwaun-Taf\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Cairn making the top of Craig-Gwaun-Taf. | Minolta MD 35-70 @ 35mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The horseshoe is a highly recommended walk, and with a slight detour you can take in eight summits on it (or seven if you are not counting Fan y Big which has been downgraded). I&#8217;ll share the route and some of the best photos as a blog post.<\/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\/51164355602\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51164355602_93c90505c0.jpg\" alt=\"Pen y Fan view\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>A cairn further down the ridgeway. | Minolta MD 35-70 @ 70mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mountain rank by height: 35 out of 189Height: 2,711ft | 826.4mRegion: Brecon BeaconsGrid ref: SO 00553 20725 Craig Gwaun Taf is the 35th highest mountain in Wales and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38,6,172],"tags":[40,205,51,87,36,45,173,60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2094"}],"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=2094"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2097,"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2094\/revisions\/2097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}