reached the peak...........................

[graham John]

of Pen y Fan (Brecon Beacons) on the weekend, been living in its shadow for the last 50 odd years therefore thought we would go and see what all the fuss was about,

wished i had done it sooner, amazing experience















and Jaci and Roxy on the precipice, a long long sheer drop




cheeRS

[taffr]

Been up there a few times G, sometimes business and sometimes pleasure, always a superb experience, looks like you picked a good day weather wise, did you go up from the storey arms side? Pics look like the M1 as its nicknamed

[graham John]

yes taffr, went up from Storey arms, thought we were doing well untill we got to the valley about a third of the way up , saw a few 'gorse bushes' walking around up there in the bracken, most had large backpacks of some sort or another.

weather was absolutely superb, walking like a crab now though..........


cheeRS

[taffr]

yes taffr, went up from Storey arms, thought we were doing well untill we got to the valley about a third of the way up , saw a few 'gorse bushes' walking around up there in the bracken, most had large backpacks of some sort or another.

weather was absolutely superb, walking like a crab now though..........


cheeRS

Did you nip over the fence next to the telephone box? steep old start on that section, you gotto watch out for those bushes, you never know............

[graham John]

Did you nip over the fence next to the telephone box? steep old start on that section, you gotto watch out for those bushes, you never know............

yep, that very starting point, thought i got off to a good start by climbing the fence, "not far to go now" i thought ..............


that is one hell of a drop off the top facing Sennybridge / libanus / Epynt though, eh ?

cheeRS

[taffr]

yep, that very starting point, thought i got off to a good start by climbing the fence, "not far to go now" i thought ..............


that is one hell of a drop off the top facing Sennybridge / libanus / Epynt though, eh ?

cheeRS

A few been lost over there in bad weather

The M1 route starts in the lay by further down toward your gaff, say 200m, so called as every man and his dog uses it, a lot easier than the route you chose, one day you should get dropped off at storey arms and walk home over the mountain, a recommended day out, that way you would have done half of what the men in black do on one of their tests, it's a lovely walk back into Merthyr from the top.

[graham John]

saw a couple of 'men in black' one was quite old, the other much younger.





the 'third' reservoir in the above pic (far distance) is just behind the House therefore will deffo do that walk early spring 2013.

i now understand more fully why a few have been lost over the edge in bad weather , and also why the Air ambulance is kept busy in that part.

we did contemplate the 'lay by ' route which looked more gradual and not so steep, however went the more direct route - straight up.

you ever done the 'Roman run' over the knife edge Taffr ??

cheeRS

[taffr]

you ever done the 'Roman run' over the knife edge Taffr ??

cheeRS

Is that the route up from Brecon to the top? Done that one a few times, let me know when you are going to do the long walk home and I'll come along if that's ok, maybe a few others would like to do it too? Corn Du opposite is a good climb, a lot shorter but a lot lot steeper, need a good set of lungs for that one.

[Hemant Patel]

Did you not meet anyone famous up there?

[graham John]

Is that the route up from Brecon to the top? Done that one a few times, let me know when you are going to do the long walk home and I'll come along if that's ok, maybe a few others would like to do it too? Corn Du opposite is a good climb, a lot shorter but a lot lot steeper, need a good set of lungs for that one.

yep, also done Corn Du on saturday, and yes, the thin air and very very steep ascent really took it out on me.

will organise a 'Works ' walk for the spring...................

cheeRS

[graham John]

Did you not meet anyone famous up there?

Dont think anyone famous would be daft enough to go up there for a walk ............

cheeRS

[Frosticles]

Did the Mutt give you a piggy back cause surely you couldn't have made it up there un aided???

[graham John]

Did the Mutt give you a piggy back cause surely you couldn't have made it up there un aided???

'your' Gazeebo wouldnt have lasted long up there Tramp........

cheeRS

[Smudger]

wished i had done it sooner, amazing experience



cheeRS

Any relation?

[steven f]

same bloke different dogs