A Thursday to Monday trip with 4 walks:
Friday 25 September: 10.11 Bus Line 43 from Crickhowell Square (calls all stops in Llangattock), arrives Llangynidr, Village Hall at 10.26. Walk SWC Walk 332 Llangynidr to Bwlch or Circular: 21.9 km (13.6 mi) with 781/685m ascent/descent. 7/10 rating. With lots of options, shorter and longer. Picnic lunch.
Saturday 26 September: 09.26 Bus Line X43 from Crickhowell Square (does not stop in Llangattock), arrives Bwlch, All Saints at 09.36. Walk SWC Walk 308 Bwlch Circular via Mynydd Troed, then Llangorse Lake or Pen Tir: 21.6 km (13.4 mi) with 837/840m ascent/descent. 7/10 rating. With two principal options, and two shortcuts on the Llangorse Lake option. Picnic lunch on the rarely walked Pen Tir option, but a pub and tearoom in Cwmdu for ‘tea’.
Sunday 27 September: Meet at 10.00 at the Crickhowell Square bus stop. And start walking. Walk SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau: 18.9 km (11.7 mi) with 680m ascent/descent. 6/10 rating. Shorter and longer options: one extension, several shortcuts plus an opportunity for caving (for beginners).
Monday 28 September: Meet at 09.30 at the Crickhowell Square bus stop. And start walking. Walk SWC Walk 333 Crickhowell Circular via Table Mountain and the three Pens: 20.4 km (12.7 mi) with 973m ascent/descent. 8/10 rating. Feel free to walk this main walk version, or even the much harder 10/10 version, as some did last year on the Brecon Trip, but my intention is to walk the very different (and shorter) version which leads in a westerly loop from either Pen Cerrig-calch or Pen Allt-mawr (the latter route partly map-led) and down the lower part of the wooded Cwm Cumbeth (11.5 km/7.2 mi, 658m ascent; or 16.5 km/10.3 mi, 741m ascent) back to Crickhowell. [There is an even shorter version described.] This will enable me to check the old text, equip the currently map-led stretch with written directions, and still leave Crick relatively early for London.
#2026-09-24T18:00 #5days
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It should not need mentioning, but just for the avoidance of doubt: this (like any other) SWC Trip is aimed at walkers who can and will (if needed) guide themselves competently along a route, with the help of either/or: map, compass, written walk directions, a mapping app.
Anyone who just wants to follow someone else who does the route finding for them and will look after them, should look for guided walk trips offered either by commercial operators like Exodus, Explorer, Ramblers Holidays or by their local Ramblers groups.
Walks now posted, No changes to the draft schedule.
Hi. My name is Ana. I am interested in his trip but I cannot find any accommodation in Crickhowell that is reasonably priced and available. Would anybody on the trip be open to sharing accommodation? OtherwiseI have found something 3 k away but I assume everybody is staying in Crick itself. Thank you!
I have booked at table for dinner on Thursday at The Dragon Inn at 19.30. Contact me if you want to join.
Hi Thomas, will join you at Dragon Inn
Thank you, Thomas. I would like to join. ana
Ok, thanks. Both in.
Final message, especially for anyone new to walking in the British mountains: if you are pleasantly surprised by the very benevolent weather forecast for Crickhowell, bear in mind that the temperatures on the tops will be significantly lower (plus there could be a strong-ish wind). For the current 3 day forecast check this (this site is updated every afternoon ) https://mwis.org.uk/forecasts/english-and-welsh/brecon-beacons
For info, Google is unreliable for bus 43 x43 showing some Stagecoach buses, which don't exist. It's now operated by Williams Coaches.
N=12 walkers, which is within my expected range, all good natured, and all enjoying the routes. 4 group dinners at Dragon Inn, Bear Inn, Red Indigo and Bear Inn (again), attended by almost all.
Exciting caving, 3 dry days out on the hills, no injuries (with the caveat that 1 walker is still out walking), but one bug-related illness leading to 2 missed walks.
All in, near perfect.
Many thanks Thomas, another great weekend trip, ending on a high note!
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