Ceunant Dylife

The drive up to Ceunant Dylife winds through proper high moorland, and when you finally park and step out, you understand why locals bother with the narrow roads to get here. It's a viewpoint that delivers exactly what it promises - sweeping views across the Dylife valley and the surrounding Powys countryside rolling away in layers of green and grey.

The walk itself is straightforward enough, nothing that'll have you huffing and puffing. What catches you is the scale of it - how far you can actually see on a clear day, how small everything looks from up here. Photographers will be pleased. Walkers who've made the trip from Llanbrynmair or pushed on from the lower moorland trails will find it rewards the effort without being a slog.

It's not a destination that'll keep you occupied for hours. Thirty minutes to an hour, depending on how long you linger and whether you're the type to wander about taking photographs. Families with young kids might find it a bit sparse - there's the view and that's largely it. Weather matters here too. Come when it's clear and you'll get decent vistas. Come when it's cloudy and you're looking at moorland fog.

If you're based at Cringoed Caravan Park nearby, this makes a solid half-morning outing before heading back for lunch. It's free, there's no formal entrance, and you can rock up whenever suits. Just watch the road conditions in winter - it gets bleak up here.