In reply to Derry:
I like the Black Mountains horse-shoe. I start in Llanbedr (1m NW of Crickhowell). Go up to `Table Mountain' hillfort, then wiggle northwards up along the ridgeline through Pen Cerrig-calch and Pen Allt-mawr all the way up to Waun Fach, then back down S/SE to Pen Gadair Fawr and follow that ridgeline back to Llanbedr. You can shorten it by cutting back at the shoulder between Mynydd Llysiau and Pen Trumau `on the way up'.
Alternatively, a bit west of the Beacons, is the Black Mountain. Start at Glyntawe and head N/NW up the prow in front of you. And either go up/down the way you came, or go up, and follow the `edge' right round and come down by the two little lakes (Llyn y Fan Fach and Llyn y Fan Fawr) and then back down the side of the hill.