South Wales LDWA

Caerphilly Summits Challenge - Route Survey, 31.3 miles, Saturday 9th January 1988, Route: (view, download)

• Meet/Start time : Meet at Caerphilly Leisure Centre, ST159878
• Description: Planned route for the first Caerphilly Summits Challenge
• Notes: 5466 feet of ascent
• Grid reference(s): Meet: ST 159 878, Start: ST 159 878
• Map(s): Landranger: 171
• Grading: Walk: Demanding,  Ascent: A  (What's this?)
• Leader: Nick Kaye

Vale Of Ewyas Circular, 21 miles, Saturday 16th January 1988, Route: (view, download), Photographs

• Meet/Start time : 08:00. At: Meet at Llanthony Priory, SO289278
• Description: 3795 feet of ascent
• Grid reference(s): Meet: SO 289 278, Start: SO 289 278
• Map(s): Landranger: 161
• Grading: Walk: Energetic,  Ascent: B  (What's this?)
• Leader: Don Henley

Nick Kaye Special - 7: Brecon to Cardiff, 51.9 miles, Friday 29th January 1988, Route: (view, download), Photographs

• Meet/Start time : , SO042286
• Description: Walking from Brecon to Cardiff, starting on late evening of the Friday. With 9053 feet of ascent.
• Grid reference(s): Meet: SO 042 286, Start: SO 042 286, Finish: ST 174 831
• Map(s): Landranger: 160, 170, 171
• Grading: Walk: Demanding,  Ascent: A  (What's this?)
• Leader: Nick Kaye

Went From Wood To Coast With Caer And Castles, 21.7 miles, Saturday 13th February 1988, Route: (view, download)

• Meet/Start time : 08:00. At: Meet at Foresters Oaks car park, ST428939
• Description: 1880 feet of ascent
• Grid reference(s): Meet: ST 428 939, Start: ST 428 939
• Map(s): Landranger: 171
• Grading: Walk: Moderate,  Ascent: C  (What's this?)
• Leader: Gerry Jackson

Rhondda Ridge but Walk the Taf, 23.4 miles, Saturday 19th March 1988, Route: (view, download)

• Meet/Start time : 07:20. At: Meet at Cardiff Central Railway station or Radyr Station, ST183758
• Description: Catch a train up the Rhondda Valley to Ton Pentre station.
• Notes: The route finishes at Radyr Station
• Grid reference(s): Meet: ST 183 758, Start: SS 973 953, Finish: ST 134 805
• Map(s): Landranger: 170, 171
• Grading: Walk: Energetic,  Ascent: B  (What's this?)
• Leader: Nick Kaye

The Usk Hundred, 25.1 miles, Saturday 14th May 1988, Route: (view, download)

• Changes: The car park was free in 1988. There is now a charge for daily parking.
• Meet/Start time : 08:00. At: Llandegfedd Reservoir car park, ST32859850
• Description: A circular route with 3740 feet of ascent, that is mostly within the ancient Usk Hundred that was one of the six Hundreds of Monmouthshire.
• Notes: A hundred was an administrative district of a county
• Grid reference(s): Meet: ST 3285 9850, Start: ST 3285 9850
• Map(s): Landranger: 171
• Grading: Walk: Energetic,  Ascent: B  (What's this?)
• Leader: Gerry Jackson

Caerphilly Summits challenge - Marshals' Walk, 31.5 miles, Saturday 11th June 1988, Route: (view, download)

• Meet/Start time : 08:00. At: Caerphilly Leisure Centre, ST159879
• Description: 5627 feet of ascent
• Grid reference(s): Meet: ST 159 879, Start: ST 159 879
• Map(s): Landranger: 171
• Grading: Walk: Energetic,  Ascent: A  (What's this?)
• Leader: Nick Kaye