From the beautiful bluebird skies of the French alps to the four seasons in one day excitement of the Brecon Beacons 2019’s #mountainofthemonth has got off to a flying start. This months walk involved sunshine, hail, rain, sleet, snow and ferocious winds all experienced in a circuit along Talybont reservoir up onto the plateau via…
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Mountain of the Month: June 2017; Fan Brycheiniog (The Black Mountain), Brecon Beacons, Wales
I love our national parks dearly but always try to find their hidden corners; either their geographically remote edges or visiting their star attractions out of season or out of hours. The Black Mountain certainly falls into the geographically remoter end of the Brecon Beacons; even on a summer Saturday we only passed a few…
Winter lesson learning in the Brecon Beacons
Like the rest of Southern Britain I got pretty excited about the prospect of snow last weekend. Even better than snow being forecast sun was too. It was more encouragement than I needed to book a last minute bunk at YHA Brecon Beacons and head off into the mountains. I hurriedly packed what I remembered…
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