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Navigation needs watching here and there are a few wet patches, but nothing to deter an ardent fellwalker with a keen eye. The key is to plan your descent while resting by the cairn on Dduallt. Take a bearing of 15 or 20° and try to spot the whitish rock-strewn slopes of Cerrig Chwibanog from among the shallow line of hills hiding the Lliw Valley. Just in front you will notice a slight depression. This is the next objective and on a clear day you may even glimpse the woods to which it leads. In between lies 1 mile spattered by emerald marsh and you need to plan your route using odd gates, fences and islands of dry ground as landmarks.

Dduallt and Rhobell Fawr from Cerrig Chwibanog in the east (AG24)

Near Cerrig Chwibanog the bog relents and a track appears in the depression. This passes through a gate and descends steeply through the forest, joining a farm road at 843313 by another gate and a giant boulder. Walkers based on Buarthmeini, having started on AG23, should bear L for the farm at Craig y-tan. A path, exiguous in places, continues up this sylvan vale to a bridge at 831323 and then Buarthmeini (AG23,1), a beautiful ending to a memorable day! For Dolhendre turn R to regain the bridge at 853308 in an easy 10min with Castell Carndochan casting an aura of mystery and romance to the very end.