the adventures of Jo, Nikki and Chris, day two: Brecon Beacons

[llywela]

Holiday picspam the second!

Okay, so on day two of our week together, galathea_snb, nikkimisplaced and I took the Small One with us for a trip up to the Brecon Beacons mountain range in Powys. Our first stop along the road was a brief pitstop at the Beacons Reservoir, just because - pretty!


We then headed on to the waterfall my family has always been so fond of at Craig Cerrig-gleisiad (I believe it is called), just beyond the Storey Arms Outdoor Education Centre. I've posted pictures taken at this spot before, but I'm going to post more now, because, again - pretty!



We climbed up


And up


And up


And up


Following the course of the waterfall as it trickles its way back downhill


The view across the valley is stunning from way up there


And then, having climbed all the way up, we were faced with the long scramble back down in search of food, which we eventually found at a rather lovely little inn on the road to Sennybridge.

Our next stop was the pretty little market town of Brecon, where we had a quick glance at the castle


And a look around the cathedral


Before heading off in search of another mountain to climb. This time we parked at Storey Arms for a clamber on the hillside directly opposite, Craig-y-Fro, I believe it is called. We found another stream whose path we could follow up the hillside


And more pretty, pretty views



Plus rather a lot of sheep


We managed to wear the Small One out completely, to the point where she gave up on the climb and curled up on the grass to go to sleep!


But she did wake up long enough to take a nice photo of the three of us together


And that was day two of Chris and Nikki's visit - I'll be back soon with the next instalment!