Leg 1: Leg distance 0.1 mile(s) Start of leg GR: SN660307
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| From the the Cletwr Community Cafe walk 200 yards along the village road in the direction of Aberystwyth, go over the stream bridge, to a point just short of an old chapel now converted into a dwelling. |
Leg 2: Leg distance 0.25 mile(s) Start of leg GR: SN659922
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| Turn left along what starts as a track then behind the chapel and upwards for 400 yards along a path. Keep going straight upwards, passing through two metal gates, until you arrive at a path junction just after the second metal gate. |
Leg 3: Start of leg GR: SN663920
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| At this second metal gate turn right along the level footpath which goes along the edge of the wood. Follow the footpath for a hundred yards or so until it emerges into a forest track. Do not follow the track but look for the path which goes down to the right along the fence. |
Leg 4: Leg distance 0.4 mile(s) Start of leg GR: SN662919
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| Follow the path on the right as it goes down mostly alongside the fence. Do not take any diversion on to the forest road. After 700 yards the path turns right . About 50 yards after this turn you will see a stile on the left with a map on it, just before you reach a house entrance. |
Leg 5: Leg distance 0.3 mile(s) Start of leg GR: SN659914
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| Cross the stile and walk carefully through the field. This part of the route is not a public right of way but a permissive path arising from the Tir Gofal agricultural grant scheme.Keep dogs on a lead. Make sure you close and retie any temporary gate which may be in place. Aim for the far end of the field and as the field narrows to a grassy neck keep to the bottom end emerging through a patch of trees onto an old track just below a ruined house. |
Leg 6: Leg distance 0.2 mile(s) Start of leg GR: SN656910
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| Turn left on to this track. It may have the odd windblown tree lying across it which you will need to circumvent. After 200 yards or so you will see a stile ahead of you. Cross the stile and proceed along the upper edge of the pasture for another 100 yards to a stile on your left which will take you on to the forest road. |
Leg 7: Leg distance 0.2 mile(s) Start of leg GR: SN654906
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| Cross the stile and turn right on to the forest road. Follow the road downwards and skirting around the Nant Llain Isaf house you will see a field gate in front of you, after 400 yards. (At this point if you so wish you can carefully walk along an appropriate side of the busy A487 road for 400 yards until you come to the Maes y deri housing estate after which you can walk along a pavement safely into Talybont, taking three quarters of a mile in all. )The described alternative is of one and a quarter miles in length and takes you through good views and an interesting route. |
Leg 8: Leg distance 0.2 mile(s) Start of leg GR: SN655903
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| Go through the gate and follow the track upwards for about 300 yards past another house on your left. When there is a break in the gorse on your right look for a stile on your right, about 40 yards away. Go to the stile. |
Leg 9: Leg distance 0.4 mile(s) Start of leg GR: SN657903
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| Cross the stile and follow the track up the hill until it leaves the fence for a large open field. Ahead there is a solitary tree, make for the tree and then work left around the slope gradually descending to a stile at the roadside corner where the field adjoins a mainly coniferous woodland. |
Leg 10: Leg distance 0.5 mile(s) Start of leg GR: SN660900
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| Turn right on to the lane and follow it down 200 yards to a a left hand junction, turn to the left, cross the small bridge over the afon Ceulan and after 600 yards emerge at another junction by a pair of attractive Victorian houses. |
Leg 11: Start of leg GR: SN657893
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| Turn right and walk the short distance down the road to Talybont Green and refreshment at the White Lion. There is an hourly bus service from this location to Aberystwyth or back to Tre'rddol |
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