Garn Gron - Castell Rhyfel

Sunday, 5 Aug 2007 from Strata Florida
1:50k OS maps: [north] [south] Click images to magnify.


Bridge across the Afon Glasffrwd near Strata Florida.

Coed Cornwall Fach woodland.

An arch formed by a broken tree.



Cattle on a hill near Talwrn.

<- Talwrn.

Deciduous woodland south of Talwrn. ->



Uprooted tree.

A firebreak in the forest below Bryn y Crofftau.

A little dark pond among the trees.



Ruined farm buildings in the forest at the foot of Bryn y Crofftau.

Another farm ruin on the open moorland just across the upper Fflur valley.


Rather flat cairn just below the western summit of Carn Fflur.

The Gwys yr Ychen Bannog ridge, presumably an ancient drovers' route.

Inquisitive sheep.


Carn Fflur's minor west top.

The upper Afon Fflur. ->


Looking down Cwm Fflur.


Summit cairn of Garn Gron.

Trig point and secondary western cairn (ring shelter). ->


The ring shelter just west of the summit.


Y Garn, Garn Gron's south-westerly appendage with its lake.

Bird of prey resting in the updrift.1

At the head of the Groes Fechan valley.


Looking across the Groes Fawr gorge.

Castell Rhyfel, apparently a prehistoric castle.

Poor weather coming in from the sea across the Groes Fawr valley. ->



<- On the south ridge of Garn Gron.

1) That picture needed some fiddling as there was little contrast between the bird and the background.

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