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  • Beacons Way, day 5: Storey Arms to Craig y Nos

    Beacons Way, day 5: Storey Arms to Craig y Nos

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    Andrew Green
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    Another cloudless day, another trip on the TrawsCymru T6 bus from Swansea to Brecon, followed after a break by the T4 to Storey Arms.  This time I’m on the other side of the A470 from Pen y Fan.  I’ve always wanted to explore the unfashionable west slopes above Storey Arms, and now’s my chance.  My…

  • Sarn Helen, end to end

    Sarn Helen, end to end

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    Andrew Green
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    Several stretches of Roman road in Wales are labelled ‘Sarn Helen’.  The one Tom Bullough sets out to walk, in a roughly straight line except for a lurch eastward to Brecon Gaer, is the road that leads from the fort at Nidum (Neath) to Canovium (Caerhun, near Conwy).  He has recorded his trip in a…

  • Maen Madoc

    Maen Madoc

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    Andrew Green
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    We’re on the south slope of the Fforest Fawr, north of Ystradfellte.  It’s quiet and still at ground level, but above us clouds rush past from the north; some are innocent, others threaten rain.  At Blaen Llia we leave the narrow road that descends Cwm Llia, and follow on foot the Roman road heading south-west. …