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You could regain the A470 by following ssss1 in reverse, but a shorter option is to retrace your steps a little to descend via ssss1. Either way you visit the romantic Cwm Cerrig-gleisiad after which there is a 1.5-mile march along the road to regain your starting point.

Fan Fawr/Fan Llia semi-circular walk (FF H2)

This route maintains height, giving good varied views all day.

From the map a circular walk round the Ystradfellte reservoir seems tempting, starting and finishing near Fan Fawr and crossing Fan Llia on the way. In reality the S half of this walk is a dull grind with little to sustain morale. Much better is the double semi-circle suggested here.

On leaving Fan Fawr work round to Fan Llia in a N arc, crossing the upper reaches of Nant y Gwair and Nant y Caseg but taking care not to cut the corner too fine because – apart from losing height – you will get embroiled in some unpleasantly rough, tussocky grass lower down. Having sampled the view from Fan Llia advance N to the edge of Craig Cwm-du. Follow this along E, admiring the lush green of the cwm below, and then cross the neck of the plateau to the rim of Craig Cerrig-gleisiad. You now have two choices (plus an optional extension to Fan Frynych).