Day Walks in the Brecon Beacons features 20 circular routes between 6.8 and 16.5 miles (11km and 16.6km) in length, suitable for hill walkers of all abilities.
Local author and walker Harri Roberts shares his favourite walks in the region, including circuits in the hills around Llangors Lake, the Taf Fechan Skyline and Pen y Fan, and the Llanbedr Horseshoe.
The routes are split into four areas - Blorenge and The Black Mountains, The Brecon Beacons, Mynydd Llangatwg and Mynydd Llangynidr, Fforest Fawr and The Black Mountain.
Each route features Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps, easy-to-follow directions, details of distance and navigation information, and refreshment stops and local information. The walks are illustrated with stunning photography by the author and outdoor photographer Adam Long.
Day Walks in the Brecon Beacons : 20 circular routes in South Wales
Description
Table of Contents
Introduction
Acknowledgements
About
the walks
Walk
times
Navigation
GPS
Mobile
phones
Footpaths
and rights of way
Comfort
Safety
Mountain
Rescue
The
Countryside Code
How
to use this book
Km/mile
conversion chart
Welsh
place names
Brecon Beacons Area Map
Section
1 - Blorenge & The Black Mountains
1 A
Circuit of the Blorenge
2
Ysgyryd Fawr & Bryn Arw
3
The Sugar Loaf & Crug Mawr
4
Llanthony, Cwmyoy & Hatterrall Hill
5
The Black Hill, Hay Bluff & Capel-y-ffin
6
Castell Dinas & Rhos Dirion
7
The Llanbedr Horseshoe
8
The Llangors Loop
Section
2 - The Brecon Beacons, Mynydd Llangatwg & Mynydd Llangynidr
9
Llangattock & Craig y Cilau
10
Cwm Cleisfer & Tor y Foel
11
The Llanfrynach Horseshoe
12
The Taf Fechan Skyline
13
Pen y Fan & the Cwm Llwch Horseshoe
Section
3 - Fforest Fawr
14
Craig Cerrig-gleisiad & Fan Fawr
15
Fan Nedd & Fan Gyhirych
16
The Waterfall Roundabout
Section
4 - The Black Mountain
17
Cribarth & Henrhyd Falls
18
Glyntawe & the 'Fans'
19
The Llanddeusant Circuit
20
Carn Goch & Carreg Cennen Castle
Appendix
Author Description
Harri Roberts is a freelance writer, editor and translator based in Newport, Gwent. He has authored Day Walks on the Pembrokeshire Coast as well as a number of Welsh walking guides, including a forthcoming official guidebook to the Wales Coast Path (Amroth to Swansea section). His love of the Brecon Beacons developed during research for an ambitious guide to the Cambrian Way, a high-level, Welsh 'end-to-end' across some of the most scenic and mountainous terrain in the country.