20.5km/12.7 miles/7 hours
Ascent 986m/3234ft
Steve Eddy tries one of the best wild walks in the Beacons
REMOTE GLACIAL lakes edged by swooping escarpments and long, lonely pathways with awe-inspiring views await you on this route. It crosses the rocky river Tawe. It ascends gradually to the lovely Llyn y Fan Fawr (Lake of the Big Peak) where you could almost expect a hand to emerge holding Excalibur aloft. Then drop down