Blaenllechau Circular Walk

What an absolutely stunning walk today. We caught the bus to Blaenllechau and walked up Aberdare road into the forestry. Our aim was to walk in a circle and come out on Llanwonno and for once everything went according to plan and we didn't get lost.
The views were incredible over the Rhondda Fach as we set off, and as we got higher up we could see out over the Rhigos in the distance and past that to Pen Y Fan and the Beacons. As we turned and walked towards Llanwonno we had fabulous views over the Cynon valley and eventually the Bristol Channel before reaching Llanwonno road and walking back through some amazing countreyside and back into Blaenllechau with more incredible views over the Rhondda Fach and Penrhys.
The walk was 8.7 miles, but that included a small detour towards the village of Llanwonno, but we decided to keep that for another day.
I'll post the link to Endomondo here in case anyone wants to look at the route .
https://www.endomondo.com/users/431324/workouts/1358398536