I arrived at the camp at 8 PM and the first feeling I had was that I was not in the Brecon Beacons but in Scotland. The Black Mountain (singular) is the western-most massif of the Brecon Beacons National Park and it is often described as its last surviving wilderness, with sweeping, craggy escarpments that tower commandingly above glistening lakes, and a peaty upland plateau that bears few paths. Spectacular ridge-top paths to create a short but extremely rewarding tour of the high escarpments at the western edge of the range, often known as the Carmarthen Fans.
The route is beautiful. Around 13 km of distance and 700m of elevation. It is a logical and aesthetic line that I recommend walking or running. We started from the camping (Blaenau Farm) that is closer to the Llyn y Fan Fach Car Park. We run part of it and took a little bit less than 2 hours. I suggest 4 hours as a reasonable time for walkers.
You can find the detailed route relation on the Ordnance Survey Pathfinder Guide 18 dedicated to the Brecon Beacons (route 22) but you can easily create your own loop as far as you pass across all the Carmarthen Fans.
We had dinner at the Red Lion in Llangadog. Abhi the chef ?? is a star and he cares for coeliac people.
