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Fan Frynych

Fan Frynych is uninspiring. Only the trig point, alone in a dreary waste of coarse heather, tired grass and struggling mosses indicates a top at all, despite the contours on the map. No one is likely to make it a prime objective. The views are the one redeeming feature. Craig Cerrig-gleisiad stands out well but it is Fan Fawr that claims the S skyline, displaying a surprisingly elongated top. Corn Du is prominent E, but the best views are W where Fan Llia impresses by its sheer bulk and Fan Nedd and Fan Gihirych both beckon. If it is clear you can also distinguish the long sleek lines of the Black Mountain.

NE ridge (FF6)

Take the track along the wall mentioned in FF4. This crosses a couple of lively little streams and skirts some pretty glades R where many a happy hour could be whiled away. When the wall falls away R, shortly before the woods of Coed Ty-mawr, be sure to stay with the track as it bears L by a lone waymark sign. Soon you come to a stile and intersect a bulldozed track at 967236. Turn sharp L here and then be prepared for a dull plod up the ridge of Twyn Dylluan-ddu, with only an ancient cairn R and the green of Glyn Tarell behind you to relieve the monotony before the trig point at least breaks the skyline R. The bulldozed track can also be joined from a brace of minor roads just S of Forest Lodge (FF6,1).

Fan Frynych

SW ridge (FF7)

There is no path from Pont Blaen Cwm-du to Fan Frynych, but strong walkers should have no difficulty in scaling the ridge at almost any point.

Pont Blaen Cwm-du (943215) provides an entrée to several unfrequented routes including this ascent of Fan Frynych, Fan Llia (FF8), and the exploration of Cwm-du itself (FF L2). It is most easily reached by a footpath that climbs up the prettily wooded hillside behind the farmstead of Blaensenny at 933215. This meets the bridleway that crosses Pont Blaen Cwm-du just 200yd to the S of it. The bridleway can also be joined at 925185, where it branches off the mountain road that links the Senni Valley to Ystradfellte, or by walking S down the lane from the crossroads at 939238.