Footbridge across the Rheidol at the exit of the gorge.
The terrible scar on the northern slope caused by an abandoned lead mine.
Emerging from the gorge towards Pontarfynach / Devil's Bridge.
The track of the Vale of Rheidol railway from Aberystwyth.
Sheep grazing just south of Pontarfynach / Devil's Bridge.
The lower section of the Mynach valley.
Spring at last!
More Mynach valley.
Llaneithyr farm on the opposite (northern) bank of the Mynach.
This is where the farmland ends and the river gets steeper and its banks swampier.
Rapids in the Mynach.
Photo taken from the footbridge at SN771776 - not shown on the map!
Flowering moss.
Forestry Commission land. Note the huge slab of rock on the hillside opposite.
Nantsyddion in an opening in the forest.
Tree trunk full of resin, and a very nice smell too.
Pen Dihewyd towering over the forest.
The western appendage of Llechwedd Mawr, looking towards the Rheidol valley.
Nant Gwynion on the eastern slopes of the Rheidol valley.
The churchyard at Ysbyty Cynfyn, where the path leading down to the gorge begins.
Parson's bridge / Pombren Ffeirad at the bottom of the gorge.
Looking south (downstream)...
...down...
...and north (upstream) from the bridge.
Footbridge at Penrhiw farm near Ystumtuen.
