Central Brecon Beacons in Wales.....
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| the route map |
We set out after lunch around 13:00hrs in glorious sunny weather to climb the 4 main peaks in the Central
Brecon Beacons. The target was to complete the excursion by 18:00hrs latest.
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| "the boys" have to now carry their own food & water |
We decided to use the main tourist footpaths as you will note from our route map. Our aim was to climb
Corn Du 873m (2,864ft),
Pen y Fan 886m (2,906ft),
Cribyn 795m (2,608ft), and finally
Fan y Big 719m(2,358ft). In reality we climbed "five" peaks, as on the return journey we had to climb back up
Pen y Fan again.
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| a south-westerly view from Y Gryn |
The hills were teeming with tourists, having a day out on the mountains in the sun, with their main goal to get to the top of
Pen y Fan. We even saw a few in slippers :) Amongst these were a "few" serious hikers and ramblers, who were appropriately prepared for such an excursion, and seemed to be thoroughly enjoying the fantastic day it was.
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| GS & I on Corn Du |
We started out from the Storey Arms Centre and headed over the south by south-east face of
Y Gryn on the well formed footpath in a north-easterly direction up to
Corn Du. The view in all directions were fantastic!!
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| GS, KL, & "the boys" on Pen y Fan |
From
Corn Du we followed the
Beacons Way continuing in a north-easterly direction to the top of
Pen y Fan. Yet again, the views were stunning. We stopped for a quick cup of tea and then headed on.
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| GS & I on Cribyn |
From
Pen y Fan we headed down
Craig Cwm Sere / the
Beacons Way in a south-easterly direction, and the halfway along changed direction north-east to head up to
Cribyn.
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| GS, KL, & I on Fan y Big |
From
Cribyn we headed south-east on the well formed footpath on
Craig Cwm Cynwyn which joined the
Beacons Way to head up to Fan Y Big. We stopped on
Fan y Big for our usual break of soup and rolls and enjoyed the glorious view in the sunshine for nearly 45minutes.
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| on Beacons Way to Pen y Fan on the return journey |
On the return journey, we descended
Fan y Big and continued on the
Beacons Way to
Pen y Fan and then on to
Corn Du.
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| KL & GS descending from Corn Du on the return journey |
From
Corn Du we headed off-path in a south-westerly direction until we joined the footpath by the
Blaen TafFawr and headed back down to the
Storey Arms Centre.
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| a view of Pen y Fan from Corn Du |
All in all it was a fantastic excursion in fantastic weather, which gave us some great photo opportunities we hope you enjoy.
We completed the excursion by 18:30hrs and covered a distance of well over 8miles.
a few more photos.....
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| GS & KL heading over Y Gyrn ~ Corn Du in background |
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| GS on route |
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| GS, KL, & "the boys" on Corn Du |
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| view from Corn Du to Pen y Fan |
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| view from Corn Du down into to Llyn Cwm Llwch |
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| view north from Corn Du |
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| GS & KL heading up Pen y Fan |
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| GS & I on Pen y Fan |
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| Cribyn, Fan y Big, & beyond from Pen y Fan |
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| north from Pen y Fan |
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| KL, GS, & "the boys" descending Pen y Fan to head to Cribyn |
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| Cribyn |
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| Pen y Fan from the base of Cribyn |
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| a northerly view from route to Cribyn |
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| KL & GS on Cribyn |
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| me on Cribyn |
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| Pen y Fan & Corn Du from Cribyn |
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| GS & KL heading from Cribyn towards Fan y Big |
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| GS & KL heading up Fan y Big |
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| towards Cribyn & Pen y Fan from Fan y Big |
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| a south-easterly view from Fan y Big |
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| Cribyn, Pen y Fan, & Corn Du from Fan y Big |
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| a northerly view from Fan y Big |
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| "the boys", GS, & KL on Fan y Big |
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| me on the "diving board" on Fan y Big |
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| KL on the "diving board" on Fan y Big |
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| GS on Beacons Way return |
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| heading up Pen y Fan on return |
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| GS & KL on the return journey between Pen Y Fan & Corn Du |
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| a south by south-easterly view from between Pen y Fan & Corn Du |
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| GS and KL on route back to the Storey Arms from Corn Du |
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| that's it.....I have had enough! |
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| don't wake me up until tomorrow............pleeeese |
