{"id":4980,"date":"2018-09-18T15:16:31","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T14:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=4980"},"modified":"2018-09-18T18:27:02","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T17:27:02","slug":"mynydd-troed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=4980","title":{"rendered":"Mynydd Troed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tMynydd Troed <\/strong><\/span>– <\/strong><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tParking at the Dragon’s Back Inn, we were about to tackle the hill we had seen when circumnavigating Llangorse Lake. We headed north around the bottom of the mountain skirting Pengenffordd. Grassed paths all the way made the going easy and coming around to the western side of the hill we started to climb – fairly steep but not too difficult. As we climbed Llangorse lake came into view to the west.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTurning a corner the wind lashed at us and the temperature dropped a few degrees – quite pleasant after the warmth of climbing. Looking into the valley below a large stretch of land stood out, a lighter green than the rest.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"\"On reaching the trig point (609m) we stopped for a breather. The Dragons Back ridge was in view and mountains stretched far to the south. It was now an easy walk along our ridge. There had been a fire up here; the majority of the ridge was brown and it was still smoking in places. The grass path was largely undamaged but heather and winberry bushes were all gone leaving ash in their wake. At one point flames were spotted and someone stamped them out. It was clear that although the surface was charred there was still heat in the ground and burning could be hidden below. We wondered whether it was a controlled burn, the result of hot weather or arson. We also joked that the dragon of the Dragon’s Back had breathed fire over to Mynydd Troed.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAt the end of the ridge we descended a zigzag path through lush grassland and picked up a road through Waun Fach before reaching the end of the hill and turning north to follow the lower reaches of the ridge. We followed a very pleasant path for over two miles that felt like an old drover’s road but that is unlikely as it is between the A479 and a small country road.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAn 8 mile walk and 1700ft climb was followed by excellent tea and a special treat of homemade cakes (delicious). As we finished our drinks the heavens opened – the weather forecast was right to the minute! Map OL13<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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. Mynydd Troed – Parking at the Dragon’s Back Inn, we were about to tackle the hill we had seen when circumnavigating Llangorse Lake. We headed north around the bottom of the mountain skirting Pengenffordd. Grassed paths all the way made the going easy and coming around to the western side of the hill we started to climb – fairly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-1ik","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13798,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=13798","url_meta":{"origin":4980,"position":0},"title":"\u00a0Llangorse Mynydd","author":"Alan Williams","date":"4th November 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0Llangorse Mynydd Llangorse Mynydd It was 13 weeks since I had been out with the Wenvoe walkers, so it was with some trepidation that I joined them on a trip to Mynnydd Llangorse. 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