Here we all are, rip roaring and ready to go. The walk had options, full scale would take in 4 peaks, all with crazy names - Corn Du, Pen y Fan, Cribyn and Fan y Big (see what I mean!). Shorter options cut out peaks with an early loop back to the car park. We decided to play it by ear.
So off we went, up, up, up, a little more up and then a a bit more. Miss M said she was a bit tired after about 20 steps, but then kept on plodding on until we reached the top of Corn Du, which then brought Pen Y Fan (the second and highest of the 4 peaks) tantalisingly close. So close we couldn't say no, so more plodding and there we were - 886m above sea level at the top of Pen y Fan.
Decision time - two more peaks or head back. Emmy made the decision for us, despite her initial 20 second bout of tiredness, she was up for it. Hiking in the Brecon Beacons was getting the double thumbs up and she wasn't finished yet! Onwards and upwards (and downwards too this time). The picture top left below is from Cribyn looking back to Corn Du and Pen y Fan. Bottom right is us on the final peak, Fan y Big, with the other three in the background.
Emily was brilliant and the boys had a ridiculous amount of energy and ran, jumped and rolled around right to the end.
The Beacons are rugged, windswept and treeless. The grass is short and slightly golden. Further below the fields are green and the hills gentle and rolling. As we walked down from the peaks the countryside began to look like this.
Vibrant green farmland.....
dotted with sheep and cut by skinny farm lanes.
All up, we hiked about 11 miles. We were lucky with the weather and got to see the Beacons and surrounding countryside at its very beautiful best.
super fantastic photos!
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