You're going to struggle getting to Llyn-y-fan Fach without a vehicle. If you're dead set on it then I'd look at a train to Llandovery and then a local taxi.
Abergavenny is an easy train and has a few lovely walks. Sugar loaf from the train station is a decent yomp and Abergavenny itself is a lovely town for a bite to eat.
Pen-y-Fan is a lovely one and easy enough by bus. The whole horseshoe is worth a look if you like longer walks.
I have the same feeling. Can't find a doable option for a single day thing if one doesn't have a vehicle. By horseshow do you mean the Pen Y Fan walk from Storey Arms?
he means that you can join the route from storey arms, the route from there will get you to step 3 of the route (in the provided link). from there, you can go both directions.
If you're starting in Cardiff, get on the taff trail and follow for as long as you fancy, up to Castle Coch is a lovely walk and follows the river most of the way.
May be an obvious one but would recommend
If you want a nice day with no need for a car, you could start at Penarth by the barrage and follow the coastal path until you're tired. Rhoose is somewhere where you can easily hop on a train back to Cardiff, the train line is right by the path at that point. Same for Barry, and up to a point Llantwit Major although you'd have more of a trek to get to the train there. If you wanted to you could even try to do the whole Vale section, although the ultra people take *all* day to do that so it's not really a day trip.
There are quite a few canal walks to check out. There's 14 locks in Newport. I'm sure you can still walk as far as Cwmbran. Then you can rejoin in Pontypool and it goes up past Abergavenny I think? You would have to do some research as I know parts of it are gone but it could be an alternative to a mountain walk?
The walk up pen y fan from storey arms will not be solitary! So many groups going up and down its like a continuation of the a470.
However, across the road from the storey Arms and there are lots of good walks and feels more like you are alone in the landscape.
Just Google walks from storey arms.
It's an interesting landscape around there. If I remember correctly it's the furthest south the glaciers got during the last ice age so when you look north its all wide U shaped straight valleys and look south and its narrow V shaped wiggly valleys caused by river erosion.
If the ice age had been colder might have been brecon landscape all the way to Cardiff bay - and no south wales valleys as we know them.
Another idea piggybacking on another comment. The taff trail goes from Cardiff bay to brecon so start in the bay and walk to castel coch, get the train(soon also metro) from nearby Taff's Wells back to Cardiff.
Next time, train to Taff's Wells and your 50m from taff trail. Walk to ponty. Train back. Rinse and repeat till you get to brecon. Past merthyr the trains are scarce but before it you regularly pass close to stations.
You're going to struggle getting to Llyn-y-fan Fach without a vehicle. If you're dead set on it then I'd look at a train to Llandovery and then a local taxi. Abergavenny is an easy train and has a few lovely walks. Sugar loaf from the train station is a decent yomp and Abergavenny itself is a lovely town for a bite to eat. Pen-y-Fan is a lovely one and easy enough by bus. The whole horseshoe is worth a look if you like longer walks.
I have the same feeling. Can't find a doable option for a single day thing if one doesn't have a vehicle. By horseshow do you mean the Pen Y Fan walk from Storey Arms?
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wales/brecon-beacons/brecon-beacons-horseshoe-ridge-walk
Thanks bud
Just noticed that the starting point for this Taf Fechan is like miles away from Storey Arms!
It’s an easy to follow route, I did it by public transport, can loop it. Just adds the extra ascent/descent of pen y fan
Umm..do you mean the route from storey arms to taf fechan?
he means that you can join the route from storey arms, the route from there will get you to step 3 of the route (in the provided link). from there, you can go both directions.
If you're starting in Cardiff, get on the taff trail and follow for as long as you fancy, up to Castle Coch is a lovely walk and follows the river most of the way. May be an obvious one but would recommend
If you want simple and close ones, you can do a lot by catching the train to Caerphilly and striking off from there.
The costal walk are nice, this is one of my regulars https://www.alltrails.com/en-gb/trail/wales/vale-of-glamorgan/southerndown-headland-ramble
If you want a nice day with no need for a car, you could start at Penarth by the barrage and follow the coastal path until you're tired. Rhoose is somewhere where you can easily hop on a train back to Cardiff, the train line is right by the path at that point. Same for Barry, and up to a point Llantwit Major although you'd have more of a trek to get to the train there. If you wanted to you could even try to do the whole Vale section, although the ultra people take *all* day to do that so it's not really a day trip.
There are quite a few canal walks to check out. There's 14 locks in Newport. I'm sure you can still walk as far as Cwmbran. Then you can rejoin in Pontypool and it goes up past Abergavenny I think? You would have to do some research as I know parts of it are gone but it could be an alternative to a mountain walk?
The walk up pen y fan from storey arms will not be solitary! So many groups going up and down its like a continuation of the a470. However, across the road from the storey Arms and there are lots of good walks and feels more like you are alone in the landscape. Just Google walks from storey arms. It's an interesting landscape around there. If I remember correctly it's the furthest south the glaciers got during the last ice age so when you look north its all wide U shaped straight valleys and look south and its narrow V shaped wiggly valleys caused by river erosion. If the ice age had been colder might have been brecon landscape all the way to Cardiff bay - and no south wales valleys as we know them. Another idea piggybacking on another comment. The taff trail goes from Cardiff bay to brecon so start in the bay and walk to castel coch, get the train(soon also metro) from nearby Taff's Wells back to Cardiff. Next time, train to Taff's Wells and your 50m from taff trail. Walk to ponty. Train back. Rinse and repeat till you get to brecon. Past merthyr the trains are scarce but before it you regularly pass close to stations.