The Brecon and Monmouthshire Canal.
This canal is one of the wonders of Wales, in my view. It stretches from Newport to Brecon, but the part that I am most familiar with is from Pontypool to Abergavenny. This is a wonderful walk in summer: an almost completely flat fourteen miles with something to look at around every bend. And no motorways or industries nearby, just pure Welsh countryside all the way. I have done the complete walk four times and am planning to do it again. I recommend leaving your car at Pontymoile basin near Pontypool, then walking to Abergavenny, and getting the train or the bus back to Pontypool (please be aware that the canal is a mile or two outside Abergavenny, and you may want to get a taxi into town) . Or the reverse. However, the first suggestion is best on a sunny day, since, if you start early, the sun will be behind you all the way. If this is too much for you, then walk as far as Star Bridge, and back. You can have lunch in the Star Inn, or do as I do: take a picnic lunch and have it on one of the picturesque bridges. You can also hire a boat at Goytre Wharf, and eat in the Italian resturant there.
I'll post a few more canal shots in due course. http://www.brecon-beacons.com/brecon-monmouth-canal.htm
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