The Whale of Galedffrwd
Or should that be a Carp as its freshwater? Galedffrwd translates roughly as the hard stream, and it certainly has its fare share of bedrock, as well as these lovely smooth erratics, nothing else as useful as this though.
The fishy juts out over the torrent with its snout over white water..
The side however is above a bedrock shelf. a spotter to steer will keep our intrepid boulderer dry.
(best to pick a dryish period though...)
Finally the scale. Here is my hand firmly grasping the starting jug. This is the incut triangle seen in the middle of the previous piccy.
Standing on the top.
Its the top that its all about, and makes this boulder pretty cool. Its not a small boulder and below the starting jug its undercut and almost completely devoid of holds.
Basically its all top out, lovely smooth holdless font top out. Its surface is extremely tactile, almost animal in substance and I found myself giving it a good rub and slap. Think heels, drags, press downs and piloerectile locomotion....
This boulder is located off the Tai Duon road out of Mynydd Landegai. Best to park near the top of the hill, don your wellies and wander down to these chaps:
The Holly and the Ivy (well it is nearly December) carefully hop the fence and squelch down to the stream and the Whale.
Enjoy
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