so that's what legs are for
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llywelaSpent most of yesterday afternoon hiking up in the Brecon Beacons - we decided to ring the changes, for once, and explore the waterfalls around Ystradfellte. We didn't manage to get to all of them, since we started late and aren't in good enough shape to get around the full circuit, but we made it to two, which were beautiful enough to be well worth the effort.
Absolutely knackered today, mind!
It's been absolutely ages since I did a proper picspam, so here are some pretty waterfall pictures for you to enjoy!
Click the thumbnails for a bigger, higher quality image:
First up is Sgŵd Clun-gwyn, topmost of the several waterfalls along the course of the Afon Mellte.
From Sgŵd Clun-gwyn, it was a very long, hot hike across the mountain to the second waterfall on our hit list for the day, Sgŵd yr Eira, which falls along the Afon Hepste a few miles away. It was a glorious day for a cross-country hike, though, with lots of pretty scenery to take our minds off aching legs. These pictures do not do justice to how high up we were!
The mountains are riddled with moss-covered, tumbledown dry stone walls, which I adore - there's just something about them that speaks of age and nature reclaiming its own, or something
In places, the path gets very, very narrow - with a very long and very steep drop just off to the side!
To get to Sgŵd yr Eira from the side we were approaching it, it is a very long and steep journey down to the valley floor. There are steps cut into the mountainside, but they aren't what you'd call ergonomic! Steep, crumbly and slippery in places, more like! And that was on a dry day.
It is worth the scramble, though, because when you get to the bottom, you have the beautiful Afon Hepste...
...and the beautiful Sgŵd yr Eira waterfall itself, which has a narrow footpath running behind it, so that you can actually walk behind the falling water
Check out the little rainbow at Chelsea's shoulder!
Up close and personal with the waterfall
Looking out from behind the waterfall
The path behind the waterfall is very narrow in places, but there's quite a big overhang from the cliff above, so you don't actually get all that wet - unless you venture too close to the water, that is!
After exploring the waterfall, it was a looooooooong trek back up to the top of the hill and then a looooooong hike back to the car. Chelsea came to a full stop more than once
And then we stopped for fish and chips in Ton Pentre in the Rhondda Valley on the way home - at a shop named 'A Fish called Rhondda'!
Absolutely knackered today, mind!
It's been absolutely ages since I did a proper picspam, so here are some pretty waterfall pictures for you to enjoy!
Click the thumbnails for a bigger, higher quality image:
First up is Sgŵd Clun-gwyn, topmost of the several waterfalls along the course of the Afon Mellte.
From Sgŵd Clun-gwyn, it was a very long, hot hike across the mountain to the second waterfall on our hit list for the day, Sgŵd yr Eira, which falls along the Afon Hepste a few miles away. It was a glorious day for a cross-country hike, though, with lots of pretty scenery to take our minds off aching legs. These pictures do not do justice to how high up we were!
The mountains are riddled with moss-covered, tumbledown dry stone walls, which I adore - there's just something about them that speaks of age and nature reclaiming its own, or something
In places, the path gets very, very narrow - with a very long and very steep drop just off to the side!
To get to Sgŵd yr Eira from the side we were approaching it, it is a very long and steep journey down to the valley floor. There are steps cut into the mountainside, but they aren't what you'd call ergonomic! Steep, crumbly and slippery in places, more like! And that was on a dry day.
It is worth the scramble, though, because when you get to the bottom, you have the beautiful Afon Hepste...
...and the beautiful Sgŵd yr Eira waterfall itself, which has a narrow footpath running behind it, so that you can actually walk behind the falling water
Check out the little rainbow at Chelsea's shoulder!
Up close and personal with the waterfall
Looking out from behind the waterfall
The path behind the waterfall is very narrow in places, but there's quite a big overhang from the cliff above, so you don't actually get all that wet - unless you venture too close to the water, that is!
After exploring the waterfall, it was a looooooooong trek back up to the top of the hill and then a looooooong hike back to the car. Chelsea came to a full stop more than once
And then we stopped for fish and chips in Ton Pentre in the Rhondda Valley on the way home - at a shop named 'A Fish called Rhondda'!
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Date: 2012-03-26 07:18 pm (UTC)I love those running waters generally und this one is really gorgeous.
Thank you for sharing!
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Date: 2012-03-28 11:15 pm (UTC)I love the Ystradfellte area. The walk behind Sgwd yr Eira is stunning, especially after heavy rain. And yes, the walk back up is hard going. I'm not surprised Chelsea kept wanting to grind to a halt.
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