The weather was good when we arrived on Thursday and on Fiday we managed a climb up the mountain above the famous caves. It was well worth it for the fantastic views.
Fancy waking up to this view every morning?
This is the furthest we had been with Barney in nearly 2 years .. he hadn't been very well for a couple of years till we discovered that the food we were feeding him was so high in cereal that his liver was enlarged and his muscle were wasting away. He is now on a high meat protien diet and is getting stronger by the day.
Half way to the top and Barney is still going strong.
The view across to Craig Y Nos and beyond to Glynneath.
The beautiful Brecon National park crowned by Pen y Fan
Back home to the caravan for a lovely dinner and well deserved glass of wine.
The weather turned on Saturday but I wasn't at all bothered. Steve went to work and I spent the day pottering and reading feeling totally chilled out.
The Dan yr Ogof site is well appointed for walkers with a brilliant drying room. Most of the grass areas were occupied by yougsters from various English schools working toward their Duke of Edingborough awards. I have to say they all deserved their awards as the weather worsened and strong winds and heavy rain lashed their little tents. It was almost heartbreaking sat in the warmth of our lovely caravan on Sunday morning watching the poor little soles packing up their equipment and setting off for the mountain with it weighed down on their backs. We were quite worried for them really and were relieved to see the mountain rescue teams arrive and settle in the car park. At least help was close at hand if any of them got into trouble.
We had a little taste of how the children felt when it came to pack up ourselves.. my oh my did the rain come down. The awning was the last thing to take down and we just dumped it in a tarp in the boot of the car. We left for home just as the first teams got back to camp. We were off to a lovely warm house to dry out whilst they had to unpack their wet tents and crawl in to try and warm up. I must admit they were on my minds as I got into bed last night. I would just like to say to anyone who has achieved their D of E in such exteme conditions 'WELL DONE YOU!!!!!!!!'
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