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 and Sugar Loaf and The Skirrid
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Llangattock Escarpment, from Cwm Onnau
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The Lonely Shepherd with Gilwern Hill and Blorenge/Blorens
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27-Sep-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Quarries, spoil heaps and scarps: Darren Cilau
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04-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The Chwar Mawr
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04-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Table Mountain and Pen Cerrig-calch, from near Penffawyddog
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04-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]
27-Sep-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Llangattock Escarpment from Bridge Street, Crickhowell
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04-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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13-arched 18th century Grade I-listed Crickhowell Bridge
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04-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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River Usk, from Crickhowell Bridge
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04-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Canal Bridge #112 over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
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04-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]
04-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Crickhowell and Pen Cerrig-calch, from near Wern-Watkin Hostel
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04-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Thomas - Our Business Is Rubbish
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04-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Mynydd Llangorse and Mynydd Troed in the distance, from the Waun Watcyn
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04-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The Llangattock Litter Pickers were here
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Sheep on Tramroad en route to Lonely Shepherd (Mynydd Llangatwg)
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04-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Sugar Loaf/Y Fâl across Usk Valley, from Mynydd Llangatwg
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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
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The Lonely Shepherd (and his dog) and the Skirrid
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04-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Mynydd Llangatwg: Darren
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04-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
04-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
04-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Quarries, spoil heaps and scarps: Darren/Mynydd Llangatwg
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04-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
04-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
04-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
04-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
04-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
04-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
04-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Quarries, spoil heaps and scarps: Darren Cilau
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04-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
04-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Quarries, spoil heaps and scarps: Darren Cilau
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Quarries, spoil heaps and scarps: Darren Cilau
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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
04-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
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Chwar Mawr Tramroad and Craig y Cilau
SWC Walk 370 Crickhowell Circular via Mynydd Llangatwg and Craig y Cilau
04-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View from Chwar Mawr Tramroad to Sugar Loaf and Skirrid
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04-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Chwar Mawr Cliff
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04-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
04-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
04-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
04-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Ogof Capel Faen, Chwar Mawr, with caver's tools
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04-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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"The man who followed the water", Memorial plaque for Bill Gascoine
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04-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
04-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Eglwys Faen: Low Crawl Entrance
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04-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
04-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
04-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
04-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
04-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
04-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
04-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]
04-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]
04-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]
04-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]
04-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]
04-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]
04-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]
04-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Horses under tree, on descent to Ffawyddog
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04-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Sugar Loaf, from near Penffawyddog
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04-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Caver at work: Ogof Capel Faen, Llangattock Escarpment
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06-Aug-20 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Inside the Stone Church: Eglwys Faen, Entrance 1
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08-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)
08-Sep-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]
27-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]
27-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]
27-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]
27-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]
27-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]
27-Sep-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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