tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post1581474089234565526..comments2024-03-27T21:54:24.933+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Sunday Walk - Sugar Loaf/Mynydd Pen-y-fâl Circular (from Abergavenny/Y Fenni) [Black Mountains Trip]Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-47438231355016197512019-09-15T18:58:03.981+01:002019-09-15T18:58:03.981+01:00Some started from the train station, some from the...Some started from the train station, some from the bus station, some from along the route close to their accommodation, others had started a little earlier, but on the first top, the Twyn-yr-Allt ancient settlement, n=20 walkers were united (1 from yday skipped this walk, as she had gone up Sugar Loaf last year). The quiet route along Deri hill, avoiding the tourist masses until the top of the Loaf, seemed to find favour. A refreshment stop was made on the flank of the main ascent before the final push up, fearing the wind and the number of people on the plateau, but neither were too unnerving: lots of people, yes (incl. a 6 week old baby) but all well behaved walkers, not noisy flip-flop wearing tourists. All (from what I hear) took the longer and quieter descent route, and 6 descended all the way into the valley to The Dragon's Rest in Llangenny. What a nice pub! Recce walks had been on weekdays, so I had never been inside. Very friendly staff, very tasty food and atmospheric rooms. Recommended.<br />1 walker was met there by relatives and left with them for Newport and a train back to the Smoke. 1 other met friends up from Bristol (who then joined the walk for a very short stretch and proceeded to the Vineyard Café by car). We ascended back up the slope and down into St. Mary's Vale and along the Nant Iago stream through Deri Fach oakwood for a very lovely stretch. And when we got to the vineyard, the cafė was just closing, and most of the other walkers were just leaving, they had stayed there a full 90 minutes!<br />A fine day.<br />w=warm-and-humid-with-some-cloudsThomas Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298846868417688062noreply@blogger.com