Blorenge from Abergavenny Walk
Initial brutal ascent then gentle contours along a tramroad, past ruins of the industrial past to Blorenge's upland plateau. Fantastic views of Usk Valley and Black Mountains
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Blorenge/Blorens, from Castle Meadows, Abergavenny
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
03-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Slag Heap, Garnddyrys Forge
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
03-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Blorenge: the Bronze Age Carn Blorenge and the trigpoint
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
03-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The Punchbowl, Blorenge
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
03-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Ysgyryd Fawr/The Skirrid, from easterly slopes of Blorenge, near Castell Prydydd
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
03-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Mine-water treatment scheme, Blaenavon
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
15-Apr-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Dyne Steel Incline downhill
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Coastline east of Newport, with Somerset beyond; from top of Blorenge
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
03-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Llanfoist Wharf on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
03-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Blorenge in late afternoon sunshine, from Castle Meadows
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
03-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Disused Tip on Blaen Pig
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
15-Apr-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Garn Lakes - Wildlife Lake
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
15-Apr-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Garn Lakes - Fishing Lake
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
15-Apr-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Blaenavon Steam Railway - Furnace Sidings
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
15-Apr-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Furnace Air Shaft
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
15-Apr-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Big Pit/Pwll Mawr
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
15-Apr-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Blaenavon Steam Railway - Big Pit Halt
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
15-Apr-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Big Pit/Pwll Mawr
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
15-Apr-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Mine-water treatment scheme, Blaenavon
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
15-Apr-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Llanfoist Tunnel, under the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Ruin of Tram, to side of Llanfoist Incline
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Llanfoist Incline through Glebe Wood
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Foundation at Llanfoist Incline end
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Stone Sleepers on Hill’s Tramroad on Blorenge
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Cut & shut-tunnelled section of Hill's Tramroad on Blorenge
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Sugar Loaf from Hill's Tramroad, Blorenge
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Slag Heap from above, Garnddyrys Forge
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Blorenge: last steep ascent, up an incline to top of Cwm Ifor
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Blorenge: View down Cwm Ifor and Cwm Llanwenarth across the Usk Valley
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Rocky outcrop on Blorenge's Plateau
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Foxhunter Memorial
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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A plaque for the horse: Foxhunter Memorial
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Blorenge: Wild Horses near the Foxhunter Memorial
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View from Blorenge: Heather and disused tip on Blaen Pig
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Disused Tip on Blaen Pig
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Views back to Keeper's Pond from Disused Tip on Blaen Pig
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Disused Tip on Blaen Pig
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Disused Tip on Blaen Pig
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Heather on Disused Tip on Blaen Pig
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Disused Tip on Blaen Pig
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Redundant Fence Posts on Disused Tip on Blaen Pig
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Sugar Loaf from Disused Tip on Blaen Pig
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Deep Track on Disused Tip on Blaen Pig
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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A Cow; Disused Tip on Blaen Pig
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Dyne Steel Incline uphill
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Cefn Garnyerw Tip
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Shortcut on Blaenavon Extension]
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Hill Pit Reservoir at bottom of Dyne Steel Incline (Blaenavon side)
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Shortcut on Blaenavon Extension]
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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New Pit Tip: Garn-yr-Erw
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Shortcut on Blaenavon Extension]
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Hill Pit: Fenced shaft and chimney stack of winding engine
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Shortcut on Blaenavon Extension]
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Hill Pit: Chimney stack of winding engine
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Shortcut on Blaenavon Extension]
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Ball's Pond, Rifle Green
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Heather on Blorenge's southerly flank
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular) [Blaenavon Extension]
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Views from the Carn Blorenge (Sugar Loaf and Surrounds)
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Views of the Skirrid from the Carn Blorenge
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Ffrwd Wood and Lower Usk Valley
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The Punchbowl, Blorenge
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The Punchbowl, Blorenge
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View down Cwm Ffrwd, Descent from Blorenge
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Line of Poplars, Cwm Ffrwd, Descent from Blorenge
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Ysgyryd Fawr, from descent from Blorenge
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Multi-Stemmed mature tree, on lane down to canal
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Lane down to canal
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Brecon Beacons National Park sign on Canal Bridge #95, Mon & Brec
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
09-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Abergavenny Castle Ruins
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
03-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Sugar Loaf beyond coloured cottages, from Castle Meadows, Abergavenny
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
03-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Usk Bridge/Abergavenny Bridge/Pont Y Fenni
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
03-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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River Usk from Usk Bridge, Abergavenny; Ysgyryd Fach in background
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
03-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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St. Faith’s, Llanfoist; Ysgyryd Fawr in background
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
03-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Llanfoist Tunnel, Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
03-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Replica (laden) Tram, Llanfoist Inclines
SWC Walk 372 - Blorenge (Abergavenny Circular)
03-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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