Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau Walk
Llangattock Escarpment with surreal slag heaps, quarries and cliffs, optional caving and a raised bog. Then lush pastures along the Usk Valley with Black Mountains views.
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![The Lonely Shepherd with Gilwern Hill and Blorenge/Blorens SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [taken by Jenny P]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51535634203_92ab802216_n.jpg)
The Lonely Shepherd with Gilwern Hill and Blorenge/Blorens
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [taken by Jenny P]
Sep-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Llangattock Escarpment, from Cwm Onnau
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The Lonely Shepherd and Sugar Loaf and The Skirrid
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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![The Waun Ddu Raised Bog SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [taken by Jenny P]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51535387606_d429c1576b.jpg)
The Waun Ddu Raised Bog
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [taken by Jenny P]
Sep-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Quarries, spoil heaps and scarps: Darren Cilau
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The Chwar Mawr
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Table Mountain and Pen Cerrig-calch, from near Penffawyddog
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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![Approaching the Lonely Shepherd (and his dog) SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [taken by Jenny P]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51535387136_45c6085a67.jpg)
Approaching the Lonely Shepherd (and his dog)
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [taken by Jenny P]
Sep-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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![Quarries, spoil heaps and scarps: Darren/Mynydd Llangatwg SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [taken by Jenny P]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51536111114_edef5a7cb7.jpg)
Quarries, spoil heaps and scarps: Darren/Mynydd Llangatwg
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [taken by Jenny P]
Sep-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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![Inside the Stone Church: Eglwys Faen, off the main chamber SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [taken by Jenny P]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51536318305_6654e9566c_n.jpg)
Inside the Stone Church: Eglwys Faen, off the main chamber
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [taken by Jenny P]
Sep-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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![Inside the Stone Church: Eglwys Faen, looking up SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [taken by Jenny P]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51536318380_d80a8d6463_n.jpg)
Inside the Stone Church: Eglwys Faen, looking up
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [taken by Jenny P]
Sep-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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![Inside the Stone Church: Eglwys Faen, off the main chamber - a shadowy creature SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [taken by Jenny P]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51536318425_727ccdc426.jpg)
Inside the Stone Church: Eglwys Faen, off the main chamber - a shadowy creature
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [taken by Jenny P]
Sep-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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![Inside the Stone Church: Eglwys Faen, off the main chamber - two shadowy creatures SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [taken by Jenny P]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51535634473_4492cb25ef.jpg)
Inside the Stone Church: Eglwys Faen, off the main chamber - two shadowy creatures
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [taken by Jenny P]
Sep-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Inside the Stone Church: Eglwys Faen, Entrance 1
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Llangattock Escarpment, from Cwm Onnau
SWC Walk 370 Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau (Crickhowell Circular)
Sep-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Caver at work: Ogof Capel Faen, Llangattock Escarpment
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Llangattock Escarpment from Bridge Street, Crickhowell
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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13-arched 18th century Grade I-listed Crickhowell Bridge
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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River Usk, from Crickhowell Bridge
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Canal Bridge #112 over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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![Up the bouldery track to Laswern-Isaf SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [Bouldery Track Alternative]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50367496297_1b484f045a.jpg)
Up the bouldery track to Laswern-Isaf
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [Bouldery Track Alternative]
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Crickhowell and Pen Cerrig-calch, from near Wern-Watkin Hostel
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Thomas - Our Business Is Rubbish
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Mynydd Llangorse and Mynydd Troed in the distance, from the Waun Watcyn
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The Llangattock Litter Pickers were here
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Sheep on Tramroad en route to Lonely Shepherd (Mynydd Llangatwg)
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Sugar Loaf/Y Fâl across Usk Valley, from Mynydd Llangatwg
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The Skirrid/Ysgyryd Fawr across Usk Valley, from Mynydd Llangatwg
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The Lonely Shepherd (and his dog) and the Skirrid
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Mynydd Llangatwg: Darren
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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"some large slag heaps on the left above"
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Quarries, spoil heaps and scarps: Darren/Mynydd Llangatwg
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Quarries, spoil heaps and scarps: Darren/Mynydd Llangatwg
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Quarries, spoil heaps and scarps: Darren/Mynydd Llangatwg
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Quarries, spoil heaps and scarps: Darren/Mynydd Llangatwg
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Quarries, spoil heaps and scarps: Darren/Mynydd Llangatwg
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Quarries, spoil heaps and scarps: Darren/Mynydd Llangatwg
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Quarries, spoil heaps and scarps: Darren/Mynydd Llangatwg
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Limekiln, Darren/Mynydd Llangatwg
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Quarries, spoil heaps and scarps: Darren Cilau
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Quarries, spoil heaps and scarps: Darren Cilau
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Quarries, spoil heaps and scarps: Darren Cilau
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Quarries, spoil heaps and scarps: Darren Cilau
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Quarries, spoil heaps and scarps: Darren Cilau, with Crickhowell in the valley
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Quarries, spoil heaps and scarps: Darren Cilau
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Chwar Mawr Tramroad and Craig y Cilau
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View from Chwar Mawr Tramroad to Sugar Loaf and Skirrid
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Chwar Mawr Cliff
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The Cwm Onneu Fach and Coed Dyffryn, from the Chwar Mawr Tramroad
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Craig y Cilau National Nature Reserve
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Craig y Cilau National Nature Reserve
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Ogof Capel Faen, Chwar Mawr, with caver's tools
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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"The man who followed the water", Memorial plaque for Bill Gascoine
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Eglwys Faen: the – yonic in shape – Entrance 5
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Eglwys Faen: Low Crawl Entrance
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View from Tramroad on the Mynydd Llangatwg
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Eglwys Faen: Entrance 3 ?
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View from the Llangattock Escarpment
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Chwar Mawr, from Craig y Cilau NNR
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Llangattock Escarpment, from the Waun Ddu
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Llangattock Escarpment, from the Waun Ddu
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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![Quarry at Blaen Onneu SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [Upper Cwm Onnau Extension]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50367490822_65ec4fe906.jpg)
Quarry at Blaen Onneu
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [Upper Cwm Onnau Extension]
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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![Sugar Loaf from top of the Cwm Onnau SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [Upper Cwm Onnau Extension]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50367490722_2be1773385.jpg)
Sugar Loaf from top of the Cwm Onnau
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [Upper Cwm Onnau Extension]
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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![The Mighty Prows: Craig y Cilau, Chwar Mawr, Blorenge SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [Upper Cwm Onnau Extension]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50366635343_d3c6a650ed.jpg)
The Mighty Prows: Craig y Cilau, Chwar Mawr, Blorenge
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [Upper Cwm Onnau Extension]
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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![Start of Descent into the Usk Valley, at Pen-heol-rhyn, Black Mountains ahead SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [Upper Cwm Onnau Extension]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50367490582_45fcf8da24.jpg)
Start of Descent into the Usk Valley, at Pen-heol-rhyn, Black Mountains ahead
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [Upper Cwm Onnau Extension]
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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![Big Cloudscapes where footpath joins from left SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [Upper Cwm Onnau Extension]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50366635073_4715112938.jpg)
Big Cloudscapes where footpath joins from left
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [Upper Cwm Onnau Extension]
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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![The Allt yr Esgair beyond Bwlch village, from Pen-y-fedw SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [Upper Cwm Onnau Extension]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50367490332_8075444e47.jpg)
The Allt yr Esgair beyond Bwlch village, from Pen-y-fedw
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [Upper Cwm Onnau Extension]
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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![The Allt yr Esgair beyond Bwlch village, from Pen-y-fedw SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [Upper Cwm Onnau Extension]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50367490207_55e53e1d69.jpg)
The Allt yr Esgair beyond Bwlch village, from Pen-y-fedw
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau [Upper Cwm Onnau Extension]
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Horses under tree, on descent to Ffawyddog
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Sugar Loaf, from near Penffawyddog
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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