None the less the walk remains simple and a great break on the way home from a meeting in Cardiff.
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Showing posts with label Fforest Fawr. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fforest Fawr. Show all posts
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
Trip report: Fan Fawr
On a dry summers day with no wind Fan Fawr is a stiff but easy 40 minutes from the Storey Arms car park. Add in the remnants of the winters heaviest fall of snow and you can allow another half hour and a good use of crampons especially in descent.
None the less the walk remains simple and a great break on the way home from a meeting in Cardiff.
All photos from this trip
None the less the walk remains simple and a great break on the way home from a meeting in Cardiff.
All photos from this trip
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
Trip Report: Fan Fawr
Second of three brief walks today, having moved the car up to Storey Arms it really is a simple up out and back to get to Fan Fawr. The climb itself offers no real issues though care is needed in bad weather to make sure you don't miss the nondescript summit.
With time to spare I stretched my legs a bit to take in the trig point and the sun and cloud made it worth my while (see above).The final benefit are the two upland geocaches though at time of writing the one near the trigpoint is temporarily disable on account of my finding it doing a swimming pool impersonation.
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Trip report : Fan Frynach
Heading north on the A470 with a couple of hours to spare then why not take a break at the Cerrig Gleisiad nature reserve and wander within the Cwm or round its edge.
Plenty of options abound but with good clear sky and fluffy cloud I opted to walk into the cwm and pick up the moraine track before heading out just below the summit of Fan Frynach. Carrying on round the rim I took in Gleisiad and then headed back to the start on the steeper sE rim of the valley.
Highpoint of the day was a late dragonfly then it was on for an up and down of Fan Fawr
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Plenty of options abound but with good clear sky and fluffy cloud I opted to walk into the cwm and pick up the moraine track before heading out just below the summit of Fan Frynach. Carrying on round the rim I took in Gleisiad and then headed back to the start on the steeper sE rim of the valley.
Highpoint of the day was a late dragonfly then it was on for an up and down of Fan Fawr
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Friday, 7 March 2008
Trip Report: Fforest Fawr
There can be few more remote walks in South Wales than crossing the Cnwer Estate on foot. Even reaching the start point in the Forestry at Blaen Llia involves several twisty miles on virtually single track roads.
Of course things are not as bad as they used to be, open access has cut the milage by a chunk and realistic circulars even in winter are now possible.
As normal for me I tackles the four tops anticlockwise. there is something about the watershed crossing that makes it far more pleasant after the first not the third climb of the day.
Equally common was the weather with cloud hovering around all morning then descending rapidly to make for a cold wet afternoon. One of those days just to put your head down and get going.
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Of course things are not as bad as they used to be, open access has cut the milage by a chunk and realistic circulars even in winter are now possible.
As normal for me I tackles the four tops anticlockwise. there is something about the watershed crossing that makes it far more pleasant after the first not the third climb of the day.
Equally common was the weather with cloud hovering around all morning then descending rapidly to make for a cold wet afternoon. One of those days just to put your head down and get going.
More Photos
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