Training for the 2022 10nTaff challenge for Tŷ Hafan has been tough in August 2021.  An ongoing back issue has restricted the training, although I managed 15 walks covering 69 miles in 23 hours, ascending over 11,000 feet.  The weather was typically Welsh, ranging from warm evenings to heavy downpours and ending with cooler Autumnal temperatures.  My August walks included:

• Up and around the Garth Hill, my training playground
• Craig-yr-Allt across to Caerphilly Mountain
• Up and around Rudry Mountain
• Cwm Coke Works
• Pen-y-Fan to catch a beautiful late Summer sunset

Training so far in 2021:  Hiking – 430 miles, climbing 58,037 feet (Everest is 29,029 feet) in 141 hours.

Find out more about the challenge:  10nTaff 10 mountains and 52 miles cycling challenge for Ty Hafan

My Just Giving page:  10nTaff for Ty Hafan – Paul Fears

Photos from previous months training:  10nTaff Training

Walking through head high ferns on Garth Hill looking towards Craig yr Allt

Fern covered top of Craig yr Allt with the emergence of heather

Stormy skies over Craig yr Allt as seen from Garth Hill

Old lime kilns on the road up to Rudry Mountain

Garth Hill as seen from near my home in Church Village

Sunlight through the tress in an old wood near Rudry Mountain

Coke slags tips carpeted in flowers near Cwm Coke Works in Beddau

Dramatic clouds from the top of Garth Hill

Sun breaks through heavy cloud taken from top of Garth Hill

Stormy skies over Caerphilly as seen from top of Rudry Mountain

Sunset photos taken on Corn Du in August 2021

View of Cardiff and the Bristol Channel from Garth Hill complete with curious sheep

Nature takes over anywhere. In the winter this is area near Cwm Coke Works is a large pool of water.

Craig yr Allt from a newly exposed forestry track leading to Gwaelod yr Garth

Renmants of fauna on the side of Rudry Mountain