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Snippets from the guest book
Easy Walking
Visitors are spoiled for choice when they fancy a walk from here.
You can follow way marked walks through the wooded hills along the River Usk, or stroll along the Monmouth and Brecon Canal as it winds its way between Abergavenny and Brecon.
You can follow way marked walks through the wooded hills along the River Usk, or stroll along the Monmouth and Brecon Canal as it winds its way between Abergavenny and Brecon.
Both walks can be accessed from Penlan Bach without crossing a road, and the canal in particular can be great fun for a walk as this is where the hirers of canal boats have to tackle their first lock gates. The new skippers never seem to get it right first time! (try not to laugh when you watch them trying to manoeuvre).
“Really good accommodation, well equipped and maintained, with friendly, helpful,
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A great place to come back to after walking”.
Gerry and Pals, London and Dublin
Further afield walkers will find dramatic lakes and waterfalls, castles and burial sites, forest trails and drovers roads. These may lead you into forgotten valleys with just a few isolated hill farms, cottages, and maybe a chapel or two. You can be sure that any one you meet on route will want to pass the time of day with you.
There is always something going on, and guests frequently wander along the towpath returning from Crickhowell or Talybont on Usk by bus after a light lunch in one of the cafes or pubs. We have printed out some short walks from the village. (No ropes or compasses are needed!)
Most paths are well maintained and signed by The National Park team, and interesting footpaths are to be found from every village - where on the lower slopes sheep farming is the main industry.
You may be out for a gentle stroll- but we can guarantee you will come across the unexpected.
Walkers come to Penlan Bach at all times of the year and the walking presents different challenges depending on the season. Each season has a different atmosphere, whether it is the spring flowers and lambs, the extra long days of summer, the autumn colours, or the more visible farming activity on the hill farms that show up best in winter.
Foxgloves on the canal bank