Hi guys,
Sorry its been a while, I’ve been very busy at work. So here is the first of a couple of posts for the evening
Three Weeks ago Me and a friend spent a week hiking and mountaineering around the Brecon Beacons area of South Wales aswell as parts of the Shropshire Hills and the Long Mynd. (photos to follow)
First up the time we spent in the Brecon beacons was crowned with two major ascents, the first one, on one of my favourite mountains, The Sugarloaf mountain near Abergavenny, now this ‘mountain’ isn’t technically a mountain, it misses out on that status by a pitiful 4 metres but it is still one of the nicest mountains i’ve ever been on and afterall, whats 4 metres eh?
We started the ascent relatively late in the morning (around 10am) after a walk through the city we started walking up the southern spur directly up to the summit, once we got nearer we decided to finish the ascent with a small but fun scramble up to the top. While up there we took the obligatory photos and had some food on the top before starting back down. On the descent we headed directly over the top to the north before swinging back east again to descend on the most easterly spur which runs parallel with the route we took on the ascent.
Pictures above show from top left to right: My long standing tradition with the flag of my home county flown for the people I hold dear that I have lost. A ‘selfie’ of me on the summit, with Laura behind me sat having her lunch. Me stood next to the trig point on the summit flying the flag again. Finally Sean stood on the summit with his trade mark smile.
Next up we did a traverse of the mighty Pen-Y-Fan. We started nice and early in the morning and true to form the weather was terrible. We climbed up through the clouds onto the summit and walked along to Fan-Y-Big and then on to the Crybin. After this we started the final ascent to the summit of the largest mountain in Southern Wales. After this we walked across to Corn Du the slightly smaller, more western of the Pen-Y-Fan summits and then did a downhill scramble to pick up the path down the mountain, finally upon getting to the bottom we walked around the base of the mountain back to the town of Brecon to be picked up.
The pictures show the route we took, the first one looking at it from the beginning of the summit ridge, the second one shows the summit peaking through the clouds and the last one shows the route we took, looking back on it from the summit of Pen-Y-Fan.
During the week long trip we also took the opportunity to go for a wonder around the Long Mynd, while not a mountain in itself the scenery was amazing and there was still alot of ups and downs. This is again one of my favourite places to go and if people ever want to go without getting lost and confused please do not hesitate to ask and help can be arranged.
Right guys and girls, that’s all for today i’m sad to say.
Burf
Matts Mountaineering 