Pumlumon / Plynlimon check point 19

Monday: Warm start to the day, struck camp by 08:15, made my way to reception to write up yesterday's Penguins log and use their WiFi, then breakfasted at the cafe, collected packed lunch and set off for the day's walk 09:45. Duffryn Castell is about 2 and a half miles from the campsite. A few hundred yards after starting off I managed to get a lift with a farming couple to the abandoned Dyffryn Castell Inn. They were on their way to an abattoir to collect mutton they had dropped off as sheep.

As I started walking it was overcast and warm. First section is a steady climb on a well defined footpath. I was overflown by 3 delta winged military jets on this section. I presume they were RAF but their insignia looked unfamilar, I wondered whether our allies sometimes fly in UK airspace? On this section I took the photograph below of the cars on the A44 where they looked like the proverbial ants. As I got to the top of the steep section, the ascent became more gentle and a pleasantly cooling gossamer rain started. The footpath eventually became a grassed over track all the way to Pumlumon/Plynlimon. 5 minutes before I got to the trig point it began to lightly rain, thus the wet weather gear I am wearing in the photograph.Read more