Crickhowell end of day 12

Tuesday: 13 miles / 2000 feet of ascent from Pengenffordd to Crickhowell completed at end of twelve day of walking. Weather low cloud most of the day, hazy sunshine from late afternoon. Camped at Riverside campsite, Crickhowell.

Completed the Black Mountains ridge of Pen Y Manllwyn > Waun Fach (check point 9) > Mynydd Llysiau > Pen Twyn Glas > Pen Allt-Mawr (Check point 10) > Pen Cerrig-calch > Table Mountain then down to Crickhowell. The morning had been a hard ascent from Pengenfford up Y Grib, after that relatively level going between the peaks. Surface varied between bogs, fine grassed fairways, rocky surface and man made paths gravelled to combat the erosion of the surface.Read more