For once Bank Holiday Sunday started off with glorious sunshine and a lovely warm breeze, so we
headed out at 9am for a stroll up to Blaen Y Cwm. The map shows our route but as we didn't have a clear plan it's a bit convoluted to say the least!
Then through the gate and on to the mountain. But instead of carrying straight on up the path we turned immediately to the left, then left again.
And were almost instantly rewarded with these amazing views over the valley
across Blaen Y Cwm towards Penpych.
We carried on following the path past the few sheds where we were greeted by a friendly horse
and another goat and a few ducks and chickens.
And arrived back at the bus station
We then crossed the stream on the left and headed towards the Penpych woodland park, so now we were on the other side of the valley
From the car park in the Woodland Park we just followed the path up towards the waterfall
It was great to be under the trees in the shade, by now the sun was getting quite hot.
There are a few places where the path divides in two but we stuck to the right all the way up.
This bench with a view is always welcome in very hot weather, it's a bit shabby now but still a great place to stop for a rest and a drink.
And pretty soon we arrived at the lookout point, down to the left is a small waterfall which is easily accessible.
And up ahead is the bigger waterfall which is another 10 to 15 mins walk away.
But for today that was as far as we intended going so we turned and retraced our steps back down to the car park for the walk home.
It was an 8 mile walk in total, nothing strenuous and a perfect way to start the Bank Holiday.
Here's a link to the route we walked, We walked from home in Treherbert but it can easily be accessed from anywhere along the route.
