I’ve just been reading today about the benefits of walking and how research shows its benefits of reducing the risk of disease, improved sleep, less stress and increased energy to name a few. Walkers live longer and maintain mental health and spiritual benefits. So why don’t we just get off the sofa and start walking?

Very often we miss what is right on our own doorstep. Many of us have ventured on trips and sporting tours abroad but have never attempted to reach the local massif.

In West and Mid Wales we are surrounded by a secret gem of a rugged and picturesque mountain range known as the shhhhhhhhh! I’m not really sure if I want to let the world know. Please don’t take it personally but life is just so peaceful, life is just so calm, life is just so relaxing in this little pocket of gold dust which I want to keep all to myself! It is truly a hidden gem and as you can see I am very reluctant to let it out! They are series of mountain ranges covering the Mid Wales uplands. In Welsh its original name was Elenydd which literally means wilderness and it reaches from Pumlumon to Mynydd Mallaen (to the northwest of Cilycwm, Carmarthenshire.) The Elenydd is the watershed of Wales. The highest point of the range is Plynlimon, at 2,467 feet. It is a sparsely populated area, so tranquility and peace is seriously plentiful! On a clear day from the Bronze Aged cairns on its peak, all of Wales is revealed. It is truly unlike anywhere else in the world! It isn’t a national park which means it’s even more precious and magical. Ahhhh, and breathe, I’m at the summit, standing on the backbone of the land of my fathers. But Beware! The giant dragon will awake at the mere sound of its name. Are you ready…? Are you sure…? Come near….and I’ll whisper it quietly in your ear…the Cambrian Mountains, it is the heart of Wales.

Richard Harrington, as DCI Tom Mathias in the TV series Y Gwyll/Hinterland

It’s so beautiful, so natural and so diverse. A fantastic playground for all ages but also a Nordic noir TV filming plateau, currently seen on the BBC Cymru Wales’ Y Gwyll / Hinterland drama series. This gripping detective drama, set in Aberystwyth against the backdrop of the Cambrian Mountains, starring Richard Harrington as DCI Tom Mathias, has been immensely popular with TV audiences. In fact, it has been so popular that an innovative local walking guide, Dafydd Wyn Morgan aka Twm’s Treks, produced a series of bilingual guided walks based on this compelling TV series. With a choice of 8 walks, taking you from the stunning coastline of Ceredigion up to the rural Cambrian Mountains visiting various filming locations, you will certainly be wowed as well as entertained along the way!
Richard Harrington, as DCI Tom Mathias in the TV series Y Gwyll/Hinterland

Richard Harrington, an award winning actor and the main character of the scandi-style drama says… “The Hinterland series’ main star is the Ceredigion countryside. The success of the series is the landscape. For us in Wales, landscape is a big part of our existence and Ceredigion is the perfect location for what we do. Aberystwyth is more than just a seaside town with a pretty promenade. The Hinterland of Aberystwyth is fantastic, you never get bored with it.”

”..the key to hinterland is the landscape: beautiful, forbidding and secretive, it becomes a character in its own right.” The Guardian

Promise to keep our secret? Or have you changed your mind….?
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