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WALK DETAILS
Meeting Point: CRiC NP8 1BN
Grid Ref: SO 218184
What3Words: breaches.inflating.upset
Time: 10:00 to 15:00
Distance: 7.1 miles ( 11.4 km )
Ascent: 1750 ft ( 535 m )
Leader: Mark Davis
The walk starts at the CRiC centre and proceeds up Great Oak Road and over to Cumbeth stream to the sheepfold. Turning west on a rough path the route picks up the Beacons Way as far as Cwm Mawr then descends beside Cwm-gu Brook to a quiet road at a farm called Cwm-gu Fawr. The route turns off the road up a track which becomes a faint path across fields, a boggy wood, and a stream to reach a lone house and a former farm settlement at Twyn. Then a good track and a quiet road leads down past Gwernvale Farm to the main road and to CRiC. Clusters of Scots pines were used as drovers' signposts. The walk links clusters of Scots pines that indicate possible droving routes and where they may have spent the night on their epic journeys to seek out the best prices at English markets for their Welsh livestock.
DIRECTIONS TO START
CRiC - the Crickhowell Resource and Information Centre - is situated on the A40 in the centre of Crickhowell. The post code is NP8 1BN.There is a public Pay and Display car park immediately behind the CRiC building which is accessed from Greenhill Way by the Fire Station. At the weekends a voluntary donation allows you to use the School Car Park. Continue along the A40 to the Shell Petrol Station. Turn left and the school is on your right.