Wye
Hi, I’m Mark. I walk the Wye and its wider landscape — short wanders and longer trips with a pack, seeking out quieter paths and overlooked places. This site shares what I find, including the occasional place to slip into the water. If that sounds like your kind of thing, come along.
Summer in the Valley
The Mynydd Llangorse Loop (8KM) from Cwm Sorgwm car park starts with quick views towards Llangorse Lake before you’re straight into the climb up Mynydd Llangorse 515 metres (1,690 feet). It’s steady rather than brutal, and as you gain height the Black Mountains open up around you.
Mynydd Troed 609 metres (1,998 feet) sits close by as you rise, while further out Pen Allt-mawr and Pen Cerrig-calch start to show themselves to the east. To the west, Llangorse Lake and the main Brecon Beacons ridge keep pulling your eye back.
On the summit plateau things ease off and you reach the trig point. From there it’s a simple drop back down through felled woodland and quiet little cwms and copses, looping you back to the start.
The lake never really leaves you on this one, and neither do the Beacons. Above Gilfach Farm, look out for the old shepherd’s hut — a small bothy-like memorial to Kevin John Thomas.
It’s that time of year. Out on the April hills above the Wye Valley, I nearly walked past something rare — a skylark’s nest hidden in the grass. A quick, quiet moment, three tiny eggs, and then I moved on. One of those small finds that stays with you. Watch the short film — even the nest had a view.
Top 8 Wye Views
Walking the Wye from source, I’ve come across some great views — the kind that stop you for a moment whether you expect them to or not. There’s research suggesting that feelings of awe are good for us, but as you know, you don’t need studies to notice what a wide view does to your headspace. If you’re into the good visual zones, here are 8 views from the Wye Valley that have stayed with me.
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WYEMOTION
The upper Wye is home to the Plynlimon massif, which feeds the Wye. Leading up to it is the Wye Valley Walk that takes you through mountain, vales, forest and farmsteads that have been here a long time . Plynlimon/Pumlumons interior is obscured from the world of the lower valley. This 3-minute video is a short record of that landscape as we moved through it.
