Brombil Woods Crag
From SWMC Guidebook
BROMBIL WOODS PORT TALBOT. se wales sandstone ==Bolting Policy== lots of them
preamble
Part of the Craig Fawr wood land trust site.
Take junction ? on the west bound M4. Head into Port Talbot. Turn right just after the Twelve Nights pub following a sign to St Davids Church. After the church make various turns to quickly pick up a small sign for Brombil. Follow this road under the motorway and pass several new houses to park up by a green fence. Hop over the unpainted fence,follow the green one then head up right to join a forest track. Follow this right until it gets smaller then 1min after a muddy section with stepping stone look up carefully left and bumble steeply up to where you hope the crag is.
From L to Right
- Cornelly boy-Fr. 5
The slab.12m
- Brombil crack-HS
The crack.12m
- Brombil Capers-Fr. 5+
The wall,steepening at the top.
- Peaceful Recreation-Fr. 6b+
A sting in the tail reaching the LO.
- Under The Radar-Fr. 6a
Crack followed to ledge.
- Permissible climbing fixtures-Fr. 5+
Short but meaty crack on right of crag.
First ascentionists an old gnarly chap from bridgend and a young handsome one from Porthcawl. Names with held in case of the TRUST that likes to say NO to the peaceful recreational pursuit of climbing in ancient woodlands gettting stroppy.