{"id":1661,"date":"2021-05-20T06:31:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T06:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/?p=1661"},"modified":"2021-05-20T15:59:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T15:59:17","slug":"mynydd-carn-y-cefn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/05\/20\/mynydd-carn-y-cefn\/","title":{"rendered":"Mynydd Carn-y-cefn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"min-width: 260px; max-width: 100%\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.outdooractive.com\/en\/embed\/209948652\/js?mw=false&#038;usr=2koj85&#038;key=USR-K9QPMS32-EMWGMGU9-4OSSTPFT\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I parked at a small car park at the Silent Valley Nature reserve and it was quiet on a Wednesday evening &#8211; only one other car and I only saw a couple of bikers on the whole walk. The walk starts through woodland trails and crosses a stream, running parallel for a while.<\/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\/51192190880\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51192190880_a8f285610c.jpg\" alt=\"Silent Valley\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The woodland leg of the walk. | Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 24mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The ascent zig zags and is relatively gentle because of this &#8211; but you are definitely going to feel it as it is a descent amount of ascent covered quite quickly.<\/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\/51191126186\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51191126186_94a8a20e62.jpg\" alt=\"Silent Valley\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Views from the zigzag ascent. | Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 24mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The footpaths are easy to follow, but you&#8217;ll see from my route that there were clear walking trails that offer a more direct route up to the 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\/51191895279\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51191895279_19bc702679.jpg\" alt=\"Silent Valley\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Views back down to Silent Valley. The route takes you down the ridgeway on the right to get back to the car. | Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 24mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These walking trails are wide grassy tracks and the track nearest the summit is wide enough to fit a couple of busses down, worn away in places by motorbikes.<\/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\/51190417982\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51190417982_1c767cbb92.jpg\" alt=\"Mynydd Carn-y-cefn\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The very wide track as you near the summit. Classic Beacons view North. | Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 24mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The summit is marked by a white trig point with red Welsh dragon and is set amongst gentle heather and grass so you can easily wander across to it. <\/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\/51191982389\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51191982389_47397465a0.jpg\" alt=\"Mynydd Carn-y-cefn\" width=\"500\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Beacons View from Mynydd Carn-y-cefn. | Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 24mm, 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\/51192421760\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51192421760_681c278c3a.jpg\" alt=\"Mynydd Carn-y-cefn\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Classic Beacons view from Mynydd Carn-y-cefn. | Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 24mm, 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\/51191578928\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51191578928_d2196b8778.jpg\" alt=\"Mynydd Carn-y-cefn\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>View East from Mynydd Carn-y-cefn. | Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 24mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The route back is easy to follow, although my exact route required climbing a couple of gates as the stiles are no more, but it is a public footpath.\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\/51191578048\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51191578048_a17262e5bf.jpg\" alt=\"Old Steelworks Site\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The old steelworks site. | Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 24mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a really nice walk with great views in every direction and some really good walking paths. This is my favourite Blaenau Gwent hill by quite some distance so far, and I only have two hills left to do to complete the county &#8211;\u00a0Twyn Ceilog and\u00a0Bryn-serth.<\/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\/51191359106\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51191359106_92c91efe41.jpg\" alt=\"Spotlight\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The grassy route back to Silent Valley carpark. | Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 24mm, 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\/51192425325\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51192425325_2d96e14508.jpg\" alt=\"Silent Valley\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Silent Valley car park. | Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 24mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I parked at a small car park at the Silent Valley Nature reserve and it was quiet on a Wednesday evening &#8211; only one other car and I&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38,6,43],"tags":[102,51,62,113,36,39,56,60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1661"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1664,"href":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661\/revisions\/1664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}