The Trip:
4 scheduled daywalks, all with shorter and longer options.
Crickhowell is the best base for these walks, but all the walk starts are timed to wait for the arrival of the 43/X43 buses from both directions: Brecon and Abergavenny. So, you could stay anywhere along those bus lines. [If staying at The New Inn in Bwlch, you have to walk across to Llangattock for one of the walks for the start. If staying at The Horseshoe Inn in Llangattock, you have to walk across to Crickhowell for two of the walks.]
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can also easily make a longer holiday of it in this prime walking country.
The SWC site alone has plenty of map-led or fully written-up walks to choose from, and every shop over there will offer you guide books and maps for even more options.
The bus times are prone to changes from the quoted times. I will check and amend them a few weeks before the walks.
Why post an August trip already in March? The two main accommodation providers in Crickhowell, The Bear and The Dragon, have only very limited or no avails up until then for Friday and Saturday nights (always check the Inn's own websites on top of booking.com or similar).
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Don't forget to pack your swimmers! Apparently, the river near the bridge in Crickhowell is a recommended wild swimming spot....and who knows....we may find some more on our adventures!
Friday: the optional loop along the Usk River, where it runs over rockbeds and in pools and cascades, should be a good opportunity to get wet; I quote: "One of the best spots for safe swimming in the waters of the River Usk are the pools of Llangynidr Falls".
Saturday: difficult, maybe a chance for paddling by the crossing of the Grwyne Fechan in Llanbedr on the long walk, I can't quite remember how deep the river is there (probably not very at the mo); else the River Usk back in Crick.
Sunday: Llangorse Lake - there used to be an annual Llangorse Lake Big Swim pre-Covid, but does that mean that the general public is allowed on a daily basis? Yes, it seems: BBC Wales ran an article last year warning swimmers of blue-green algae... Situation may be the same this year.
Monday: the route crosses Crickhowell Bridge over the Usk twice. Other streams are too shallow and the Mon & Brec Canal shouldn't be tempting, I would think.
Hope that helps...
You can't swim in the lake. Possibly hire a paddle board & fall in a lot?
All in then, 14 walkers (and a dog) on this trip, staying in 9 different accommodations in 5 different towns/villages. No injuries, brilliant weather every day, some good chat and good group dynamics including 3 raucous group dinners (for the Crickhowell and Llangattock based folk). Only negative: the non-running of the timetabled morning bus from AberG to Crick, both Friday and Monday.
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