Trip Report : Garreg Las

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Originally uploaded by Pete Roberts (rhayader_wanderer)

Garreg Las and the trigpoint on Carreg yr Ogof make for an interesting yet problematic trip. The peak bagger will pass the trig by opting for the long walk in from the SE or the shorter but no less demanding crossing from the west.

There is however a third option.

Take the back roads to the church at Llanddeusant with its youth hostel and find a parking spot. The lane S from the church has one by the river bridge but its not good if very wet.

Continue up this road then track up onto the open hillside. Save this for a clear day as the going is not always the most obvious and the views east across the Carmarthen Fan make the day. Heading just west of south the trig point eventually appears then its onward over featureless ground to the twin cairns of Garreg las.

Its possible to continue from here but the way back is by no means direct from any of the other tops. Instead retrace your steps taking in the view to the north as you head back to your vehicle.



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Trip Report : Garreg Llwyd

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Originally uploaded by Pete Roberts

This lovely little outlier of the national park is usually a quick dash from the car on the way home from Swansea or Carmarthen. But with a mixed forecast and my younger son wanting to go out geocaching I thought I'd make a bit more of it today.

Starting at the southern of the two main car parks I made straight up though the quary to the summit. Cloud was down but visibility ok at about 300m so no problems and on the summit it rose to give a decent view with the cairn offering some nice shelter for a bit to eat.

Then off almost due west for the first geocache near the roada bout 500m south of the car park then straight over and up to the "dewey" summit of Carn Pen-rhiw-ddu. Another easy walk but the top itself is a disappointment. The high point is marked with a scattering of stones with a more interesting cairn about 300m to the NE.

The views to the north are good value for the climb however then it was straight off the scarp and down to the second cache of the day just above the hairpin and back along the main road past a marker for a 19th century road accident and back to the car.

A nice stress free 3 miles with about 750ft on the up

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