08/20/08 08:19:00PM @ian-price2:
They do lead to tarmac roads on the public highway. But I mostly avoid them. For instance at the highest part of this road one can turn right or left. If one goes right further divisions occur that will lead to Blaengwynfi and Glyncorrwg and all points south to the coast. However if that doesn't take your fancy turn left again and Rhigos and The Brecon Beacon are on the Horizon and so on and so forth. Turn left and you will soon reach the A4061 which is a tarmac rd that transverses the Bwlch mountain leading to Nant Y Moel, Abergwynfi and Treorchy.The tentacles of the forestry roads are fascinating as they are often changed on the whim -it seems - of The Forestry Commission. Roads appear in order to facilitate harvesting and then they are abandoned. I've been walking these hills since I was a child and knew and know routes off the beaten track as 'twere.
08/20/08 10:58:23AM @ian-price2:
When you reach the top of Cwmsaerbren basin about two miles further up and on, the road branches of. Effectively one can walk all over the South Wales valleys from here. It gives access to The Afan, Cynon and Ogwr valleys and from these to the Neath and Rhymney valleys and from those to all points West , North and East.
They do lead to tarmac roads on the public highway. But I mostly avoid them. For instance at the highest part of this road one can turn right or left. If one goes right further divisions occur that will lead to Blaengwynfi and Glyncorrwg and all points south to the coast. However if that doesn't take your fancy turn left again and Rhigos and The Brecon Beacon are on the Horizon and so on and so forth. Turn left and you will soon reach the A4061 which is a tarmac rd that transverses the Bwlch mountain leading to Nant Y Moel, Abergwynfi and Treorchy.The tentacles of the forestry roads are fascinating as they are often changed on the whim -it seems - of The Forestry Commission. Roads appear in order to facilitate harvesting and then they are abandoned. I've been walking these hills since I was a child and knew and know routes off the beaten track as 'twere.
When you reach the top of Cwmsaerbren basin about two miles further up and on, the road branches of. Effectively one can walk all over the South Wales valleys from here. It gives access to The Afan, Cynon and Ogwr valleys and from these to the Neath and Rhymney valleys and from those to all points West , North and East.