Wandelgids Brecon Beacons Trail Running | Vertebrate Publishing

Day Walks in the Brecon Beacons features 20 circular routes between 6.8 and 16.5 miles (11km and 16.6km) in length, suitable for hill walkers of all abilities. Local author and walker Harri Roberts shares his favourite walks in the region, including circuits in the hills around Llangors Lake, the Taf Fechan Skyline and Pen y Fan, and the Llanbedr Horseshoe. The routes are split into four areas - Blorenge and The Black Mountains, The Brecon Beacons, Mynydd Llangatwg and Mynydd Llangynidr, Fforest Fawr and The Black Mountain.   Each route features Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps, easy-to-follow directions, details of distance and navigation information, and refreshment stops and local information. The walks are illustrated with stunning photography by the author and outdoor photographer Adam Long.

The Brecon Beacons National Park is home to some of the most spectacular mountain and moorland scenary in Britain. Bridging South and Mid Wales, the park can be divided into three distinct upland areas, with the central flat-topped peaks of the Brecon Beacons massif sandwiched by the rolling ridges of the Black Mountains in the East and the similarly named, but quite different, Black Mountain region in the West. As well as being packed full of standing stones, castles, wildlife and waterfalls, the park is also home to the Fforest Fawr UNESCO Global Geopark and is recognised as an International Dark Sky Reserve.   The 40 circular routes in the volume cover all the most popular peaks, as well as highlighting some lesser-known gems in one of Britain's best-loved national parks.  

Get outside and enjoy ten short leisurely strolls across the Brecon Beacons National Park, indulging in wonderful mountain views across Southern Britain’s hilliest terrain. With routes for all abilities, enjoy a diverse range of experiences, including waterfalls, woodlands, riversides and even 12th century castle ruins.   Brecon Beacons Short Walks Made Easy routes include:       • Discover great mountain views from relatively level ground with routes at Mynydd Illtud and Craig y Cilau   • Or for a more strenuous walk, the ascent of Sugar Loaf will reward your uphill efforts with stupendous views across the national park   • Enjoy the thunderous sounds of the spectacular cascading waterfalls of Sgd Clun-gwyn and Sgd yr Eira, some of Wales most impressive!   • Delve into the Usk Valley for soothing riverside rambles from Brecon and Abergavenny, blessed with stunning views southwards towards the park’s highest peaks   • Spot an abundance of wildlife from the towpath along the Monmouthsh…

Over fifty years ago, renowned British hillwalker and guidebook author Alfred Wainwright described 214 peaks in the English Lake District in his seven-volume illustrated Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells. Like the Munros in Scotland, bagging all the Wainwrights has become a popular and significant challenge for walkers and runners, often taking many years in fits and starts because of the absence of a clear plan for how to link them together. With this problem in mind, Peak Bagging: Wainwrights by Karen and Dan Parker features forty-five routes designed to link up these iconic fells so you can enjoy the challenge of completing them at your own pace - over years, months or even just a few weeks.   It presents not only the most efficient routes for completing the Wainwrights as quickly as possible, but does so in such a way that each route is a fantastic walk or run in its own right. The featured routes include a round of the Scafells, and the Glenridding Horseshoe, taking in Helvel…