I get asked a lot about how I go about taking my kids to the top of the Brecon Beacons in the winter. I’m not a mountain leader or expert in the mountains, but I have picked up a lot of helpful tips over the last few years […]
Taking my 8 year son to the Brecon Beacons on a snowy, winters day is one of the best things we have done together. Looking forward to our next trip in the mountains!
Sometimes trips you take on the spur of the moment turn out to be one of the best. It’s often too easy to talk yourself out of doing something when you are on your own, I for one am guilty of this too. Facebook can be very handy […]
If you browse through the many social media sites now available to you at the click of a button, you can be taken off to amazing places, and more often than not if you follow outdoor brands and websites, you will see stunning pictures of people enjoying the […]
The guide book, “Walking on the Brecon Beacons” by Cicerone, aims to offer a “solitary guided walk” -the opportunity to enjoy the wilderness, accompanied by all the geological, historical, botanical and other facts that a a bevy of expert guides might provide! The Authors Andy Davies and David […]
When the first snow appears in the Brecon Beacons, a large crowd of snow-hungry walkers often head to the Storey Arms car park and walk up the very popular route to Pen Y Fan. But if you want a scenic and slightly less crowded walk head west up […]
Although we arrived at the car park in drizzly rain we decided to go for it anyway. At first the route takes you up a fairly steep path for about 25 minutes but soon flattens out along the ridge. Unfortunately for us the rain was non-stop all the […]
When the snow is around in the Brecon Beacons you can be sure of a couple of things…one; the scenery will be breathtaking, and two; it will be fairly busy around Pen y Fan. But as Louise Towler, a UK-active team member, had never been there before and […]
If it’s waterfalls and stunning scenery you are after, this walk gets my vote for one of the best in Wales. Not only does it have Sgwd yr Eira or the “falls of snow”, but many other beautiful falls all along its route. There is also a lot […]
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