Friday 20 August 2021

Climbing Pen y Fan


Recently, with one of our sons and a grand-daughter, we walked to the top of Pen y Fan, a mountain in the Brecon Beacons in Wales. Pen y Fan, at 886m (2,907 feet) is the highest mountain in the southern British Isles. It is a relatively accessible peak though the walk from the car park is pretty much "up" until the summit is reached. When we left the car the temperature was 22⁰ Celsius with a relatively gentle breeze. At the top we had to break out jackets and hats to counter the very strong wind and the temperature of 12⁰ Celsius (it felt much colder than that).

The late afternoon light benevolently hung around until we were well into our descent and we managed to capture a few reasonable photographs.

photo 1 © T. Boughen     Camera: Sony DSC-RX100