Hay Bluff
677m (2222ft)
The Black Mountains, The Brecon Beacons, Powys, Wales
The summit of Hay Bluff is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
Hay Bluff is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
OS Explorer Map OL13 | |
1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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OS Landranger Map 161 | |
1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Hay Bluff
Sion Britton walked up on December 11th, 2021 [from/via/route] O Maes Parcio Hay Bluff. [with] Rhiannon [weather] Cymylog
Tom Bond climbed on May 1st, 2021 [from/via/route] Circular route from Blaen-y-Cwm car park. [with] Scott Gibbons - First wild camp & maiden voyage of MSR Elixir 2.
Chris Hughes bagged on August 9th, 2020 [from/via/route] Hay Bluff car park [weather] Misty - Only a few meters visibility
Dale Tyler hiked on August 19th, 2017 [from/via/route] Carpark by the stone circle (what's left of it!) [weather] Blooming windy & stinging rain on the top-lovely lower down - Very friendly horses on the road to Llanthony
Alan Smith summited on March 23rd, 2017 [from/via/route] Gospel pass [with] Matthew
Colin Egan conquered during May, 2015 [with] My wife Faith
Christina Lander scaled on March 18th, 2015 [from/via/route] Capel-y-ffin - Black Mountain (South Top) - Black Mountain - Hay Bluff - Gospel Pass - Twmpa - Rhos Dirion - Twyn Talycefn - Chwarel y Fan - Capel-y-ffin [with] Dick [weather] Dry with sunny spells
Mark Hartshorne walked up on September 7th, 2014 [from/via/route] Walk po176. My first go4awalk route. Capel-y-Ffin, steep climb in hot sun through bracken but on a clear path to Offa's Dyke & Black Mountain South Top. On to the main top & then Hay Bluff for lunch. Down to Gospel Pass & up t'other side to climax on Twmpa (which sounds better than the English version). Then the long walk down the ridge & back to Capel-y-Ffin. [with] Flash [weather] Sunny & warm throughout - Glorious weather for walking. Few people on the way up but plenty on Offa's Dyke, Hay Bluff & Twmpa. Only two people on the walk back. Flash didn't know what to make of the hill ponies but got used to them after a while. Lots of butterflies - & also pursued by persistent small bees or hoverflies along Offa's Dyke. Flash met another dog called Flash. Also a border collie - well a collie cross. Amazing co-incidence. 5 hours including about 30 minutes for stops.
Tim Buckley climbed on September 14th, 2013 [from/via/route] po116 Black Mountains & Rhos Dirion, circular walk. [with] Solo walk. [weather] Sunny spells. - Arrived here at 3.36pm on the return leg back to Gospel Pass car park. Met I guy who was walking the Offa's Dyke path - lucky man.
David Lane bagged on December 4th, 2009 [with] Kelly, Derek Saul (Kelly's Brother-in-law) Nathan Saul (Kelly's Nephew) and Alex Anderson (Kelly's Son-in-law).
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Me standing on the edge near Hay Bluff during a weekend in the Black Mountains
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