Crickhowell

Saturday: Toasty warm but extremely windy during the night. Felt like my Wild Country Zephyros 1 tent was going to collapse but it held splendidly. No let up in wind strength in the morning and looked decidedly grey. I had been planning to split the 20 miles between Crickhowell over Mynydd Llangattock and the Brecon Beacons to Storey Arms over Friday and Saturday then bus back to Cardiff late Saturday to be in time for an event on Sunday. As I had only walked 3.5 of my 10 mile target, together with the strong winds, decided to return down nearby road to Crickhowell for breakfast and get Bus home to pick up walk again in a few days.

Had huge breakfast at reasonable price in cusioned comfort of The Britannia Inn on High Street. Open fire and friendly staff made it very pleasant. Surprisingly I was only customer. Shortly after leaving I walked past a Cafe packed with customers. Left me wondering why people choose hard floors and hard upright chairs over a carpet, soft furnishings and an open fire.

As can be seen on the photograph weather had cleared to blue sky by the time I was ready to leave Crickhowell so I left town wondering if I had made the right decision.Read more