Fresh snow drifted between conifers. Photographer David Reddick and I had the entire ski area to ourselves. An empty Sugar Loaf would have been an impossibility during the second half of the 20th ...

On the day Derek walked it, there were a few inches of snow on the ground which transformed the mountain into a winter wonderland with fantastic views over Sugar Loaf, Skirrid and the Beacons.

Seek out malt extract from a good bakery and make your own dried fruit-packed treacly malt loaf – great for picnics or a yummy afternoon snack for kids. Place the sugar, malt extract ...

Sugar Loaf is located near Abergavenny in Monmouthshire ... One of Newport’s two Local Nature Reserves, this 32-acre site is also known as the ‘hillside of ash trees’.