Those who find their way to the cache will be rewarded (on a clear day) with some stunning panoramic views of the Black Mountains, starting with Hay Bluff on the far left, over the Gospel Pass to the Twmpa, the Dragon's Back and Mynydd Troed, blending into the Brecon Beacons beyond where Pen-y-Fan and Corn Ddu can be seen standing above all else. A beautiful spot from which to watch spectacular sunsets when the weather conditions are right.
Ffynnon Gynydd takes its name from St Cynidr's well (Ffynnon being the Welsh for well) which still forms the centre of this little settlement. Oliver Cromwell is understood to have used it as a pitstop for his army during the civil war, watering his horses at the well while the local smithy (near the site of the current metal fabrication workshop) carried out some essential weapons maintenance and re-shoeing of horses. As local history has it, this was the only time the well has ever run dry.
You have two options to access the common and reach the cache - from the lower side of the common where the road emerges from the forest, or from the other side by the old Victorian school (active from 1876 until as recently as 2012).