Page 16 - Cracking Walks - Energetic

Walk 4 Abergavenny to Crickhowell via Sugar Loaf
At the top of the path, follow the left hand edge of the field to a stile next to a farm at a bend in a road. Gouptotheendof theroadwithasmallcarparkontheleft B .
Take the track up to the right and at the hairpin bend go straight on through the wider metal gate up a wide path. Continue up this old quarry path through woodland (mainly spindly sessile oaks) and when you emerge from the trees keep going diagonally up the open hillside to the broad Rholben ridge. At the ridge turn left along a grass path and head for the top of Sugar Loaf C , taking in the magnificent 360° views from the summit trig point.
Go along the top of Sugar Loaf to the far end. Scramble down the rocks and take the broad grassy ridge curving west. Ignore left forks in the path and descend due west. At the bottom of the ridge, cross the grassy north-south path, pass the corner of a wire fence to reach a gate beside a stone wall and a large ash tree D .
From the gate follow the path and track down to Pengilfach Farm. Turn right at the road, then ignore a road to the left and continue through bends to a T junction. Turn right and after 350m turn left at a house called Ty Canol. Follow the path south west down to the Grwyne Fawr river. Follow the path beside the river downstream to Llangenny Bridge E .
After refreshment at the Dragon’s Head (ring ahead to check if they’re open, 01873 810350) walk up the steep hill of Llangenny Lane. About 200m after the road levels out, take a footpath to the right by a house called Teg Fan. Pass through several gates and over a stile, then bear right uphill beside an irregular line of trees to a gate. The path goes up through a wood to another gate. Turn left and follow the edge of the field, ignoring the path going to the right uphill. Head left (westwards) across several fields, passing a barn to reach Bellfountain Road. Turn left down the road which becomes Standard Street and leads to the middle of Crickhowell. Turn left along Beaufort Street back to CRiC F .
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