Month: April 2021Page 2 of 4

Y Gyrn

Mountain rank by height: 174 out of 188Height: 2,031ft | 619mRegion: Brecon BeaconsGrid ref: SN988216 Access to Y Gyrn is very easy and the walk from the upper…

Bache Hill

Mountain rank by height: 186 out of 188Height: 2,001ft | 610mRegion: Central WalesGrid ref: SO213636 One of the smallest mountains in Wales, and one that is actually called…

Black Mixen

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…

Great Rhos

Mountain rank by height: 129 out of 188Height: 2,165ft | 660mRegion: Central WalesGrid ref: SO182639 Great Rhos is one of five mountains in Central Wales that are located…

Zeiss Loxia 21/2.8: Beautiful but broken

I don’t own any autofocus lenses, but I do own one modern lens in Sony FE mount: the manual focus Zeiss Loxia 21/2.8. This is very well regarded…

Garth Hill

Garth Hill sits just north of Cardiff and can be walked from many different directions and the hill itself is riddled with circular paths offering various views across…

Hiking with the Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48mm

I’ve decided to attempt to hike all of the official mountains in Wales, 188 of them. When I decided to do this I totalled up how many I…

Fan Hir

Mountain rank by height: 57 out of 188Height: 2,497ft | 761mRegion: Brecon BeaconsGrid ref: SN830209 Fan Hir can be approached from a few different directions, some gentle, some…

Fan Brycheiniog

Mountain rank by height: 43 out of 188Height: 2,631ft | 802mRegion: Brecon BeaconsGrid ref: SN825217 The highest peak in the Black mountains (and this is the Black Mountains…