 |
| Joolz & Taffy at (about) the highest point in Caerphilly - (no marker, cairn or trig point). |
Big smiley sunshines for the weather forecast today find us managing three walks and five peaks today – not bad considering the limited daylight hours available. It was very cold, but this turned out to be a blessing because the hard ground made crossing some of the boggy bits much easier. Never far away is the Heads of the Valleys Road ; a revelation to find all these new peaks so close to the highway which we regularly whizz along by car.
 |
| Below freezing - frozen water trickling off the moor |
The first walk, starting very close to the Asda supermarket at Dowlais Top, takes us up from the middle of a housing estate, through a few gates ( past some highly excitable but penned - in dogs) and striding out up onto Merthyr Common via some old quarry roads. We don’t see a soul – just a few ponies who stare us out but don’t approach us. There’s a path of sorts which zigzags in a North Easterly direction until we reach our destination(s) - a couple of points by Pwll Mere ( a dryish lake / sink hole ) where the counties of Caerphilly, Merthyr and Powys all meet . With the help of W’s GPS we think we’ve got pretty close to the two highest peaks – Waun Lysiog in Merthyr ( 515 m) (which isn’t even marked on the Ordnance Survey map) and Twyn Pwll Morlais in Caerphilly ( 535m).
 |
| Pwll Mere - boggy rather than actually full of water - with a smattering of snow |
It’s quite bleak, despite the sunshine, but it’s a shame there isn’t anything to mark the sites. We anticipate wind turbines will be sprouting up here shortly. There isn’t a circular walk to be done, so we retrace our steps back to the car and drive the short distance to our second climb of the day.
 |
| Start and finish of the walk is surprisingly from a smart housing estate |
No comments:
Post a Comment