After hiking for several hours in blistering heat we reached the high point of our first encounter with Fan Brycheiniog. It was a great moment but slightly strange. I could only remember this place as being so utterly full of menace. The intense savagery of our two previous trips had been replaced with a picturesque [...]
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Waun Fach. Take the tent…..
The weather was shaping up nicely for the weekend. It was looking like a final mountain fling for the year was possible before the weather closed in. With the decision made we were going back to the South Wales, back to Brecon. During my time in the army I had spent countless days and weeks [...]
Pen y Fan.
Car camping was becoming a theme. Arrive late, sleep in the car, set off early. It's a system that works well but usually means you are shrouded in fog as you set off up. This day was no exception (apart from the car park which was fog free). We had spent a while picking [...]