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A guidebook to 45 circular walks in Bannau Brycheiniog (the Brecon Beacons) National Park. From straightforward, low-level walks to long mountainous routes with strenuous ascents there's something for walkers of all levels of fitness and experience.
The walks range in length from 4-24km (3-15 miles) and cover Mynydd Du, Fforest Fawr and The Black Mountains.
1:50,000 OS maps
included for each walk
GPX files
available to download
All walks have been assigned a
difficulty grade
allowing easy walk selection
Easy access
from Llandovery, Abergavenny and Hay-on-Wye
Highlights include an
ascent of Pen y Fan
About the author
Andy has been a professional photographer for over 20 years and specialises in wildlife and landscape photography. He moved to West Wales in 1999 to be immersed in the environment which inspires him and wrote and photographed Coastline Wales in 2008.
He regularly takes his stills and video cameras underwater and is currently working on a number of new books and video projects. He specialises in the production of high definition timelapse video and pursues an active interest in wildlife fine art photography. A recent acquisition is a high quality microscope allowing another world to be explored.
A former university lecturer, he now combines his love of photography and his passion for passing on skills to others in a series of photographic and video workshops in West Wales. He is also an external tutor for Aberystwyth University in outdoor and wildlife photography.
Andy, together with colleague Dave Whittaker, produced a new edition of Walking on the Brecon Beacons in 2009 and wrote the first edition of Walking on Gower in 2012. He works for Aqua-Firma Worldwide as a marine nature conservation and photographic consultant and guide.David began walking and climbing in the mountains of Britain many years ago and has climbed most of the higher summits in England, Wales and Scotland along with rock and winter climbs throughout the United Kingdom. He has also trekked and climbed in the European Alps, Nepal, Tibet and Ladakh along with New Zealand, Ecuador and Patagonia. He has walked and photographed the Brecon Beacons over the past fifty years during his headship of a unit of Forensic Dentistry in the University of Wales College of Medicine. He is currently the Emeritus professor in this subject in Cardiff University and in 2003 was appointed OBE for his work.
Summary
Guidebook to 45 circular day walks in Wales' Brecon Beacons National Park. Exploring areas including Fforest Fawr, the Black Mountains and Waterfall Country, these walks cover both mountain and valley routes and visit classic ridges, dramatic waterfalls, wooded gorges and upland valleys.
