Afon Hepste

Another day of beautiful weather. Full English breakfast at Beacons Guest House. I ate everything as usual and Yvonne skipped the baked beans and black pudding. She gives me the mushrooms and hash brown. I should be getting fat. Followed the verbal directions to find the start of our walk but drove seven miles the wrong way as the roundabout sign did not have the welsh named town starting with M the two separate people referred to, but had another town starting with M in another direction. Eventually started the classic Beacons Horseshoe walk from the Storey Arms. Walked up the tourist path to Corm du then across a saddle to Pen y Fan which is only 886 metres high and full of people including school groups on a Monday. Leaving the crowd we descended and over another saddle to reach the Cribyn peak and ridge. At the end of the ridge we had morning tea while deciding where we would walk next. Descended to a road that went down the side of the valley and followed it till we were above a dam wall, then walked cross country through a boggy field to reach the dry dam. We had lunch under pine trees before following a track behind the dam wall across the back of the dam then walked cross country to reach the path ascending Fan y Big. Followed paths all the way to the car. Washed clothes and showered before dinner back at the George Hotel in Brecon (only pub with food on Mondays).Read more