Fan Gyhirych

Tuesday: Check point 13A Fan Gyhirych attained - hurrah! This final ascent ended a quite easy day of gentle ascents as I had followed a rough road/track that had been built within 1/2 mile of the summit. The guide book showed the road ending a mile from the summit at some sheep pens. I suspect the road has been extended since the guide book was written. From the road I turned north over open grass land to attain the summit trig point. Other photographs are from Fan Gyhirych looking north towards the Cray reservoir and south to Glyntawe which was to be my camp for the night.

Took a long 2 hours to walk further 3 miles to Dan Yr Ogof campsite via a circuitous route following the road/track. I would have preferred to take the 1 mile bee line to the campsite but there were no paths marked on the map and I suspected fences might block my route. Extremely smart campsite with nicely mown grass, large smooth boulders placed around the site to sit on, and smooth tarmac drives sufficiently free of stones I was able to walk bearfoot to the shower block. Smart shower block included warm showers for no additional fee.

After pitching and showering I walked a mile north to the Tafan-y-Garreg Inn for a drink. Disappointingly they were closed, despite their web site reporting they opened Tuesday until 23:00.

Total 10 miles in glorious weather.Read more