https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/17561599475 is the activity

https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2669723?units=k is the route

Starting from the car park in Bailey Park in Abergavenny (parking on Sunday only cost me £1.70 for all day too!) you head up towards the Sugar Loaf. What this route does is different though – you don’t actually head to the summit, but explore Llanwenarth and Cefn Lewis around it.

Weather was a bit pants really – drizzle for most of the day, temperature about 6C and a big difference to when I did this in the summer….

This route takes you through some empty valleys to the west and north of the Sugar Loaf. The mountain itself is always on the horizon, but here you also get some great views of the Blorenge, Govilion as well as Cwmdu and Mynydd Llangorse at the mid point. You are also within spitting distance of Llanbedr at the turnaround point.

The trail is largely sheep path for 80% of the route, and in the wet weather there are a few isolated areas where the ground gets a bit boggy. Even though you don’t hit the summit, this 20 mile route gets you a good 1200m of climb so its not as simple as it first seems, and proves that you can get some good ascent without needing to hit the summits!