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May 2015
 

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13 mile practice walk in the beautiful Brecon Beacons.

The stunning mountains were bashful and kept themselves totally shrouded in the mist all day.

Crossing the Severn - croeso i Cymru ...

Severn Bridge crossing

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Important preparation at the Star Inn in Talybont on Usk...

Star Inn

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Local traffic on the way to the car park at Cwm Gwdi...

Local traffic

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Miche getting ready to march...

Car park 1


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Miche in Cwm Sere...


Cwm Sere

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Looking up Cwm Sere to Cribyn lurking in the mist ...

Cwm Sere 2

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In Cwm Sere - backpack stuffed with 9kgs of spare clothes, emergency kit & provisions...


 Me Cwm Sere

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Waterfall on the Nant Sere...

 

Cwm Sere waterfall 

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Miche climbing out of Cwm Sere so we could join the path on the Bryn Teg ridge...
 
Cwm Sere Miche

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Miche on the Bryn Teg path...

Bryn Teg Miche

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Looking up at the start of the climb to Cribyn - windy & misty - higher up it became rocky and dropped away steeply on both sides, certainly the trickiest part of the walk...
  Bryn Teg - up


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Miche at the summit of Cribyn at 2608 feet (795m)...

Cribyn Miche

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On the top of Cribyn -
In theory at this point "The reward is a magnificent view which includes Fan y Big, the Black Mountains, Llangorse Lake, Brecon, the Usk Valley, the hills of mid-Wales, Pen y Fan, Corn Du and the peaks and reservoirs to the south"
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Cribyn me

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...into the mist, Miche departing the summit on a proper path to Pen y Fan...

Path to Pen y Fan

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At this point Miche was wearing her backpack off-the-shoulder - the trashy little minx...

Miche water 1

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Miche at Craig Cwm Sere... 

 
 water 2

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Marshy on Craig Cwm Sere...
 
water 3

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Summit of Pen Y Fan... 

Summit Pen y Fan

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Highest point in Southern Britain - at 2939 feet (896m)...

 Miche Pen y Fan

 
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Both at the summit of Pen y Fan...


Both Pen y Fan

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Corn Du - 3rd and final summit of the day... 

Corn Du

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At the top of Corn Du 2864 feet (873m)...

Corn Du 2

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Relieved to be back at the car after a brisk 7 miles on the Taff Trail to round off the walk...

 

Car park 2

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Jugs on the ceiling at the White Hart Inn...
 

Jugs


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We were up in the eves in the B&B...

Room 1

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Room 2

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Don't worry - this is posed - More of an issue in the bathroom...

Room 3

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Putting the bees into B&B - hives in the garden...

Bees at the B&B

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Outside the B&B...

Malt House B&B

 

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