Day 65: Sunday 12th June 2022

Day 65: Sunday 12th June 2022

Mum has really wanted to see the Brecon Beacons, so we made sure to do a walk around the National Park today. We left around 11am in the end as we were a bit late getting organised for the walk, but luckily for this walk we didn’t need to get any transport anywhere - we could walk straight from the door.

We headed towards St Meugan’s, Llanfeugan Church first, and met a few people coming out of it who told us that we could look inside. They also told us more about the Yew trees around the Churchyard, which are thought to be 5000 years old!! Amazing to think how long they have lived and how life has changed around them. 

Leaving the church, we followed the footpath through some woodland before reaching a lane and a few fields, climbing upwards. As we turned around to look back at the path we had come up, there was already a great view of the surrounding fields and villages. We continued uphill and got to the top of Bryn at about 1pm - perfect time for a picnic! It was a great view and really worth the walk. 

As we would like to go further tomorrow, we continued along the path a way in order to make sure we know the way. We passed lots more sheep and also a few wild ponies. It was much more windy at this point, so we turned back, but look forward to tomorrow! 

We got back about 3.30pm. We hope to walk to Pen Y Fan tomorrow, the highest point of the Brecon Beacons at 886m. It is quite a long way from the campsite so we aim to leave early!