There are a few approach options available for these two summits, the eastern approach is popular but parking is very limited. There is also an option from the North West but this is a very steep route without a clear path and again parking is not great.\u00a0 The route I chose for the day started from the\u00a0South Wales Caving Club<\/a>\u00a0car park\u00a0\u00a0(satnav\u00a0SA9 1GQ) at\u00a0SN 855 155.\u00a0 This route is slightly longer but there is a very good and obvious path leading past\u00a0Fan Gyhirych and\u00a0onward\u00a0towards Fan Nedd.\u00a0There is plenty of parking available in the old quarry in front of the clubhouse.<\/p>\n Arriving at the car park at at about 9:30am I was soon kitted up and on the path.\u00a0 By this time the cloud had descended and there was a slight drizzle in the air so full waterproofs were the order of the day.<\/p>\n The path leaves from the left side of the road just in front of the entrance to the clubhouse.\u00a0 Initially head East through a stile and onto the old tramway.\u00a0 Here the path splits, there is a higher route, part of the Beacons Way which is more scenic but bears off towards the South West after a couple of Km.\u00a0 If you use this route you should leave the path by the large swallow hole and head North to pick up the tramway again. As it was already a long day I took the lower route via the tramway which leads directs to the summit.\u00a0 This is an easy climb and is easy to find being slightly raised across the more waterlogged regions and later made up for vehicular use by the forestry.\u00a0 Follow this track until you reach the small stream at\u00a0SN 882 186.\u00a0 Just past the stream about 20 metres there is a fairly obvious path leading up to the summit about 500m to the North.<\/p>\n I set up the station on the summit next to the trig point.\u00a0 There is really no shelter on this summit, just the trig point and a flat expanse of typical Brecon\u2019s summit.\u00a0 The wind was blowing steadily at about 20mph and gusting to nearer 30mph, bringing with it a steady drizzle, not the most pleasant of activation\u2019s.\u00a0 The gusts were converting the vertical aerial to horizontal at times.\u00a0 Once the aerial was up I pulled out the emergency shelter and set to operating from inside that.\u00a0 The wind on the fabric made listening difficult but still I managed to record sixteen contacts so definitely a successful activation including a S2S with M3TMX\/M on G\/WB-016.<\/p>\n Packing away in the wind and the wet was a bit of a challenge but once done I headed back down the hill using the well worn path. There is an option to head down on a more northerly bearing skirting the edge, but for what it saves in distance it\u2019s easier to stick with the path.<\/p>\n Once back on the track continue along to the East until you reach the gate that marks the turning point towards Fan Nedd.\u00a0 Follow the path along the fence line down into the valley and through the big gap in the wall.\u00a0 The path up the flank of Fan Nedd is pretty clear if a bit muddy and slippery in places.<\/p>\n The wind on Fan Nedd was similar and the rain had intensified so I quickly set up and retired to the shelter below the wall.\u00a0 Whoever built this certainly knew which way the wind would come from as it was pointed directly into the worst of it.<\/p>\n I soon had the required contacts in the log so took the opportunity to enjoy lunch.\u00a0 With this out of the way I put out another call and made one last contact before packing away.<\/p>\n Once I was ready to leave I tuned the radio back to GB3TD repeater in Swindon and heard G4LDL talking to someone on the M4 motorway.\u00a0 I managed to quickly say hello before heading down the hill to try and get out of the weather.<\/p>\n It was then just the long march back along the track returning along the same route I came in on.\u00a0 I arrived back at the car park just after sunset, wet but happy with two summits successfully logged.<\/p>\n Date \u2013 18th November 2017<\/p>\n Postcode \u2013 SA9 1GQ<\/p>\n Parking \u2013 SN 855 155<\/p>\n Radio \u2013 Kenwood TH-D74 + 50W PA on 2m<\/p>\n Antenna \u2013 2 ele dipole<\/p>\n Band \u2013 144 FM<\/p>\n Contacts \u2013 16 + 6<\/p>\n SOTA points \u2013 6 + 4<\/p>\n Group \u2013 Myself<\/p>\n GW\/SW-006 & GW\/SW-007- A bit of a challenge Friday was a glorious\u00a0sunny\u00a0day so the weather boded well for the planned activation on Saturday, but as always with our British weather things can change rapidly, especially in South Wales.\u00a0I was hoping to activate two summits this time so planned for a long day and an early … Continue reading Fan Gyhirych & Fan Nedd 2017<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":199,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,14,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-263","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-south-wales","category-summits-on-the-air","category-welsh-summits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1390,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263\/revisions\/1390"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_5a11febc01552-768x429-1.png\")
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<\/a>GW\/SW-006 Log<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>At the top of the path is a large cairn, this is not the summit though so continue on from here to the South another 500m to find the summit trig point.\u00a0 Just before you reach the trig point you will see a small shelter which will make a great place to set up the shack.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_4921-300x169-1.jpg\")
<\/a>GW\/SW-007 Log<\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nJourney Details<\/h3>\n
Walking Route Summary<\/h3>\n
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