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A Crychan forest track approaching the more open section of the valley of the... (more)

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Looking up the valley.

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Getting towards the bottom of the descent to Cwm Crychan.

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This track makes quite a lengthy and steep descent to Cwm Crychan.

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View across the valley of the Afon Crychan to the lane and forest edge in the next square.

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Above the valley of the Afon Crychan.

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Looking across the valley of the Afon Crychan to Coed y Castell. Clouds were... (more)

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An area at the southern edge of Crychan Forest has been felled, with some new... (more)

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View from the south into part of the extensive Crychan Forest area. There had... (more)

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A welcome sight after a very interesting but quite strenuous exploration of a... (more)

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A complex network of tracks negotiates the steep hillside in this square of the... (more)

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Several forest track junctions in close succession in this bit of the Crychan Forest.

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View along track that crosses the western slopes of Noethgrug.

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View across a small upland valley near the quarry to the densely planted slopes... (more)

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Looking south towards the edge of Crychan Forest. Plenty of puddles after rain... (more)

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A hilltop area near the southern edge of the forest. For the present wide... (more)

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A scrubby bank below the forest track gives way to pastoral fields and scattered... (more)

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The left hand track was the one for me today.

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The Crychan Forest covers an extensive area, and there is a complex network of... (more)

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At a complex track junction by a stream, the upper Afon Dulais. The track south... (more)

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The deep valley and its track is a key feature of this area of the forest and... (more)

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Attempt to give an impression of the line of trees looming over the track by a... (more)

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The other side of the post identifies it as the Crychan Forest waymarker post number 16.

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An obvious site for one of the 199 numbered waymarker posts in and around the... (more)

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At the top of the descent to a small farming area in the extensive Crychan Forest.

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A gap between extensive conifers on the left and a small planting of beech trees... (more)

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Looking north along a densely forested section, with sunlight on a row of... (more)

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Near the marked quarry. The track in picture passes below the quarry, but there... (more)

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View due south towards the western tops of the Brecon Beacons.

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The southern boundary of the Crychan Forest is on the near horizon. Lots of tree... (more)

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The sunshine and the bright spring green were a welcome sight. NOTE - further... (more)

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The track winds round a spur east of the Afon Dulais valley.

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The upper one is a dead end according to the map. The look of the track... (more)

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On the eastern side of Banc Cefngarreg. The track ahead is by a stream named... (more)

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Grid references for 199 numbered posts around the forest. With no leaflets... (more)

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About to reach an area of hillside that is more open at present.

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Very impressive trees in a fine setting, difficult to get a proper sense of the... (more)

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Looking uphill from by the driveway to Cwm-coed-oeron. Four tracks and the farm... (more)

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A Crychan Forest scene.

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Gated, with large warning signs at the entrances.

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The first of many track junctions to navigate.

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With view to the lane passing across the picture, which is in the next square north.

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Tree stumps, clearance debris and early plant regrowth in the foreground. Dark... (more)

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A line of pines on steep hillside down to a cwm to the left.

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One of the most impressive forestry settings I have seen, although I am not a... (more)

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A young tree with fresh spring leaves dwarfed by forest conifers as a backdrop.

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The trees the other side of the track turning left were some of the tallest I... (more)

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The felled hillside provides views over the small area of grazing land hidden... (more)

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Cefn Coed is the farm in the middle distance, with Carmarthenshire landscape... (more)

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