Llyn Y Fan Fach Is the Myth of ‘The Lady of the Lake’

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Llyn Y Fan Fach Is the Myth of ‘The Lady of the Lake’

1 From the car park head up the path that follows the river up the valley. Lady of the Lake... A folklore legend connected with Llyn y Fan Fach is the myth of ‘The lady of the lake’. 2 Pass through the trout farm and continue along the path, the looming glacial cirque will Walks come into view. You’ll soon be at the lakeside, a great spot for a picnic, or wait to see the In the folktale, a young farmer of the 13th century spotted the most beautiful girl he’d ever seen Lady of the Lake! emerge from the lake, she was a princess from the kingdom of fairies. He courted the fairy princess by baking her bread and after 3 attempts he succeeded in winning her hand in marriage in Carmarthenshire 3 Either return to your car from here, or continue up the mountainside to the top, follow on the condition that if he hit her three times she would leave him. the ridge to the North, walking over Picws Du and Fan Brycheiniog until you see a path He complied easily because she was so beautiful and they were happy for years bringing up a on the left heading down to the plateau below with another lake called Llyn Y Fan Fawr. family at his farm near Myddfai, with her magic dowry of farm animals. In time the inevitable Llyn y Fan Fach happened he hit his wife and she disappeared back into the lake taking her prized animals with 4 Follow the path along the lake edge and the ridge until you reach Llyn Y Fan Fach. her , leaving the farmer with her sons. The sons once grown became known as the “Physicians of Myddfai” who became physicians to the English royal court. 1 On the route to and from Llyn y Fan Fach stop and watch the jumping trout in the Weir/ Hatchery. START To Usk Reservoir A4069 Trecastle & A40 LlanddeusantLlanddeusant To Llandovery Sennybridge Sawdde 4 ver Ri Weir / Hatchery LlangadogLlangadog TwynllananTwynllanan Llyn y Fan Fawr A40 N Suitable for all. A483 I A Fan Steep T Brycheiniog To Llandeilo N 3 or Llandovery U Pont ar O Steep Llechau M ! Red section 2 not suitable for E N S H I ! Beware - T H R E Moderate / Hard younger children. LlynLlyn y R Dangerous slopes. A M Pont FanFan FachFach R Picws Du A Newydd Llandovery C Newcastle Emlyn Approx 5-6 Hours K C Steep Bannau Sir Gâr Carmarthen Not suitable A A4069 St Clears Llandeilo ! L A40 for pushchairs or B To Brynamman Ammanford wheelchairs A4069 Brecon Beacons Llanelli Llanddeusant Muddy areas N National Park Green walk - approx 5km. Red walk - approx 13km Not to scale discovercarmarthenshire.com For activities, events, attractions, places to go & accommodation visit www.discovercarmarthenshire.com 01267 231557.

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