This site is not ideal for walking so we decided to move on to the site at the Dan-yr-Ogof Caves. This was only a short journey but it did take us across some interesting moorland scenery. Our route took us close to Usk Reservoir, so we decided to take a short diversion to the car park near the dam. Walking over the dam we took a short walk along the shore before taking a track into the forest to find a standing stone and cairn shown on the OS map. They were rather disappointing, the cairn being very small as was the Old Red Sandstone standing stone, but the view was good. The area around has lots of evidence of Roman occupation – Roman roads, camps and fortlets – but we didn't want a long walk today.
The road moor road turned into a valley road as we passed the source of the River Tawe higher up in the hills. The stream ran beside the road and we found a lay-by to park in so that we could take a closer look. We walked down the banks passed a couple of small waterfalls before we came to a point where we could jump across without getting our feet wet. Climbing up the hill we came to a pretty series of waterfalls on the Nant y Llyn stream and we then walked over to an interesting stone circle, standing stone and stone avenues. The stone circle was in a rather boggy area and I was reminded that there is a theory that the Celts believed that these places were between this world and the underworld.
We found an excellent pitch at the very tidy Dan-yr-Ogof campsite. Electric hook-up, fresh water and waste water drainage is available on every pitch – we are not used to such luxury! The view from our pitch is tremendous – steep hills on either side of the valley and south beyond the valley to the next hills.
Photos: One of the Nant y Llyn waterfalls; The boggy setting of the stone circle.
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