The Clydach Gorge (Brynmawr to Abergavenny or vice versa) walk
Wild and dramatic Clydach Gorge: waterfalls, cascades, fast-flowing waters, ancient beechwoods as well as an ironworks' ruins and an elevated railway line
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Lower Clydach Falls
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05-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Clydach Ironworks
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Ogof Clogwyn cave and waterfall, Clydach Gorge
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Old mine discharge, having left photogenic orange deposits; Clydach Gorge
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Bench with Views: Sugar Loaf from Llannelly Quarry
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Blorenge, above Cadfor Farmhouse
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Lower Clydach Falls
SWC Walk 371 The Clydach Gorge (Brynmawr to Abergavenny or vice versa)
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Clydach River above Lower Clydach Falls
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Ancient Beechwoods below Darrenfelen
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Ancient Beechwoods below Darrenfelen
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A465 Heads of the Valleys Road in the Clydach Gorge
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Dismantled Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway below Darrenfelen
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Mynydd Llangatwg, from the Cwm Llam-march
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Clydach River above Devil's Bridge
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Coed Fedw-ddu, Clydach Gorge
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Fallen Trees with Fungi, Coed Fedw-ddu/Clydach Gorge
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The Skirrid, from top of Clydach Valley
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Upper Clydach Falls, Clydach Gorge
SWC Walk 371 The Clydach Gorge (Brynmawr to Abergavenny or vice versa)
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Upper Clydach Falls, Clydach Gorge
SWC Walk 371 The Clydach Gorge (Brynmawr to Abergavenny or vice versa)
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Old mine discharge, having left photogenic orange deposits; Clydach Gorge
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Pwll-y-Cwn waterfall and plunge pool (detail), Clydach Gorge
SWC Walk 371 The Clydach Gorge (Brynmawr to Abergavenny or vice versa)
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Devil's Bridge and Pwll-y-Cwn waterfall and plunge pool, Clydach Gorge
SWC Walk 371 The Clydach Gorge (Brynmawr to Abergavenny or vice versa)
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Pwll-y-Cwn waterfall and plunge pool (detail), Clydach Gorge
SWC Walk 371 The Clydach Gorge (Brynmawr to Abergavenny or vice versa)
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Gelli-Felen Tunnel; Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway
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Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway under the Darrenfelen cliffs
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Random Waterfall by side of Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway
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07-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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A465 Heads of the Valleys Road in the Clydach Gorge
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07-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway Viaduct, Darrenfelen, Clydach Gorge
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Limeworks near Blackrock, from ancient Beechwood in Clydach Gorge
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Ancient Beechwoods, Clydach Gorge
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Sugar Loaf from Ancient Beechwoods, Clydach Gorge
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Sugar Loaf and Clydach Village, from Ancient Beechwoods, Clydach Gorge
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07-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Llannelly Quarry, Clydach Gorge
SWC Walk 371 The Clydach Gorge (Brynmawr to Abergavenny or vice versa)
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Route to Llannelly Quarry under Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway, Clydach Gorge
SWC Walk 371 The Clydach Gorge (Brynmawr to Abergavenny or vice versa)
07-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Lower Clydach Falls
SWC Walk 371 The Clydach Gorge (Brynmawr to Abergavenny or vice versa)
07-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Lower Clydach Falls
SWC Walk 371 The Clydach Gorge (Brynmawr to Abergavenny or vice versa)
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Lower Clydach Falls
SWC Walk 371 The Clydach Gorge (Brynmawr to Abergavenny or vice versa)
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Path Continuation beyond Lower Clydach Falls
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Clydach River above Lower Clydach Falls
SWC Walk 371 The Clydach Gorge (Brynmawr to Abergavenny or vice versa)
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Clydach River above Lower Clydach Falls
SWC Walk 371 The Clydach Gorge (Brynmawr to Abergavenny or vice versa)
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A465 on other side of steep wooded Clydach Gorge
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Magnificent if small fungi, Clydach Gorge
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Clydach River (detail)
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07-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Clydach River (detail)
SWC Walk 371 The Clydach Gorge (Brynmawr to Abergavenny or vice versa)
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Clydach Ironworks (detail)
SWC Walk 371 The Clydach Gorge (Brynmawr to Abergavenny or vice versa)
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Clydach Ironworks
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07-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Clydach Ironworks
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Smart's Bridge (1824), Clydach Gorge
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The Clydach River from bridge near Maesygwartha
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The Clydach River from bridge near Maesygwartha
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The Clydach River from bridge near Maesygwartha
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Clydach River (detail)
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Waterfall on Clydach River near Maesygwartha
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Narrowboat Hire Business, Gilwern, Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal
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07-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Sugar Loaf above houses in Gilwern, from Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal
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Canal Bridge #102, Gilwern, Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal
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Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal, near Gilwern,
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Canal Bridge #101, Gilwern, Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal
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Cwm Shenkin Brook/Nant Cwm Shencyn, Govilon
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River Usk, just outside Llanfoist/Llan-ffwyst
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River Usk, just outside Llanfoist/Llan-ffwyst
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Blorenge and Standing Stone in field, just outside Llanfoist/Llan-ffwyst
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Usk Bridge, Llanfloist/Llan-ffwyst into Abergavenny/Y Fenni
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07-Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Thomas - Our Business Is Rubbish
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