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Chairman’s Walk, Central Beacons East (Waun Rydd), 20km/12.5miles, 730m/2700ft ascent (moderate walk)
Climbing to Waun Rydd and traversing the desolate ‘grey stones’ area of the eastern Central Beacons, this is a moderate walk of 20km/12.5miles with 830m/2700ft ascent led by our Chairman to kick off the New Year’s programme.
Start 9:30am at free parking area, side of TalyBont reservoir. Map OS Explorer OL12, grid reference SO099196. Head torches are advised.
From the start, we will find our way through Talybont forest to climb to the summit of Allt Forgan (513m). From there we’ll proceed to the Waun Rydd plateau (700m), following its western edge until we reach ‘five paths’ junction. From five paths we make the first of two traverses of the desolate Gwaun Cerrig Llwydion (‘grey stones’) area of the eastern Central Beacons, which has few paths across it. A sheltered spot for lunch affords good views into Cwm Oergwm. After lunch we’ll make our second traverse southeast (again, poor paths) to arrive at the top of Blaen Caerfanell waterfall, before turning northeast on a good track to reach ‘five paths’ again. Crossing Waun Rydd (769m) again, this time its eastern side, we finally descend via Allt Lwyd (654m) to return to our vehicles. This is a moderate walk of 20km/12.5 miles with 830m/2700ft ascent.
