Below: on our way back home, it was only slightly clearer but you could just make out Pen-y-Fan to the left. We are looking across the Sannan valley here (where the wind turbine is). That leads from Llanfynydd up to Abergorlech. Llanfynydd was a site of early Christianity and the impressive Eidon's stone was found there (in what is now a marshy unremarkable field.) Here's a post I did a while back. Five years ago in fact.
So, into the woods. One teensy corner of the vast Brechfa Forest. Sadly these vast pine forests are not much good for wildlife . . .
It is very damp up here, and the trees densely planted and there is no wind blowing through to dry it off (the trees are moss-free on the side which gets the wind.) There is a lot of moss underfoot too and it is so wonderfully soft to walk on- like a green pillow.
A weird ghostly picture - I must have shaken the camera good and proper without realizing it!
Down the hill, round the corner and voila - the view that was seen by folk in prehistory is spread out before us. The Forestry Commission have kindly chopped down a lot of trees recently and restored the view to us.
Looking Westwards, here is Brechfa village.
Only the gigantic capstone of Carreg Castell y Gwynt is left, and that lies flat on the ground. It took a little bit of finding but there was a narrow pathway which led to it. It measures 3.9m x 2.1m x 0.5m thick. In 1938 the stone stood in farmland and a probable "marker stone" stood some 30ft to the NW. It is part of a group of burials in the area - there are several cairns marked on the slopes above Llanfynydd. It dates to the Bronze Age.
It is on land like this rough moorland grazing that the cairns are situated.
Now I must go and do some heavy duty gardening before heavy rain arrives in a couple of hours.
How could you ever bear to leave such beautiful scenery? And enormous foxgloves!!
ReplyDeleteMore or less what I was saying yesterday Pat. I think the Foxgloves were searching for light!
DeleteLovely.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it just? We are spoilt for scenery round here.
DeleteWhat an interesting and beautiful place to walk. Love the ghostly picture.
ReplyDeleteIt made a real change. The only "official" bit of Brechfa Forest trails which has been opened up is a walk just 1/4 mile long! They are obviously terrified of opening up any other part in case there is an impromptu rave there - this seems to happen most summers, but not ideal in a Pandemic!
DeleteI am glad I kept the ghostly picture!
Wonderful vistas. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed the views.
DeleteGreat photos, you will be lost when you move. Wales has a magnificent landscape, probably due to the fact it is difficult to farm.
ReplyDeleteYou are perfectly right, and we have so many little lanes to walk along round here - some places we look at the walking would be very limited. A couple of other places we "viewed" online lead into woodland, which would be lovely!
DeleteLove the photos of the trees. I am sure I saw something flitting through the one you figured you shook the camera on :).
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I expect it was a bird Jackie. There were just a few about at the edge of the trees.
DeleteAnother lovely set of photos and another beautiful walk. Your scenery is stunning.
ReplyDeleteWe are very spoilt for views, I have to say! It was lovely to see a set of different ones of the top of our valley.
DeleteBreathtaking views and thanks for the walk!!
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed the walk Judy. We will do that one again, but deeper into the woodland . . .
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