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County Tops - Number 19 - Black Mountain/Twyn Llech - Herefordshire

County Tops  Number 19: Black Mountain (Twyn Llech) , Herefordshire 16-03-2025, 703m Walk technicalities *** (extra * due to weather) View **** (Losing a * due to clouds) Company ***** Overall 10/10 A walk with Steve!  My best friend since Uni. and always a great walking partner. I had a 3.4km walk with Honey before hand, then drove 2 1/2 hours up to see him. A further two hour drive from his place, (avoiding potholes) and we arrived at the car park at the bottom of Black Hill (yes, that one) Here we had 30 seconds of looking at the map and checkinh we had the right hill, as Black Hill is a spur of the Black Mountain range. Nope, we needed Black Mountain, in fact Twyn Llech, which sits right on border with Wales, a few km on up the ridge! Oops. Oh well!  Half these photos are Steve's. Black Hill has (despite the slipperiest start eveer, face planted in rather fun way) has a rather superb ridge that narrows quickly. It's a bit of a pull but it quickly became apparent i...
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