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3 trig points in Brecon Beacons - 27 Sep 2015

Today I somewhat overstreched myself, attempting a 20km (approx 12.5 miles) strenuous walk with 720 metre ascent was not sensible at my current fitness level! But thanks to the kindness, patience and encouragement from my fellow Ramblers, I slowly but surely completed the walk. Note to self - for goodness sake be sensible, you're old enough to know better!

Walk Description: This is a circular walk starting from Pont Gyhirych and going along the minor road for a while before ascending right to reach our first Trig Point at Fan Bwlch Chwyth. We’ll have views of Cray Reservoir and Pen y Fan as we head for the second Trig on Fan Nedd. A long ascent to the third Trig on Fan Gyhirych rewards us with a beautiful panoramic view of Brecon Beacons. We then descend from this point to the car park.
Cray Reservoir, 9:38am
Cray Reservoir, 9:38am
Cray Reservoir
Cray Reservoir
Cray Reservoir
Cray Reservoir
Fan Gyhirych (viewed from the wrong car park!)
Fan Gyhirych (viewed from the wrong car park!)
Walk preliminaries
Walk preliminaries
Heading up towards Fan Bwlch Chwyth, easy underfoot at this point
Heading up towards Fan Bwlch Chwyth, easy underfoot at this point
Parisa's guests making good pace
Parisa's guests making good pace
Disrobing time
Disrobing time
Roger sharing stories
Roger sharing stories
Parisa and Tom in a magnificent landscape
Parisa and Tom in a magnificent landscape
Atop Fan Bwlch Chwyth
Atop Fan Bwlch Chwyth
View of Fan Nedd from the Fan Bwlch Chwyth trig point
View of Fan Nedd from the Fan Bwlch Chwyth trig point
Heading to Fan Nedd
Heading to Fan Nedd
View towards Brecon ?
View towards Brecon ?
Turning left, Fan Gyhirych on the right
Turning left, Fan Gyhirych on the right
 Fan Gyhirych
Fan Gyhirych
Heading down to Fan Nedd, Pen y Fan in the distance
Heading down to Fan Nedd, Pen y Fan in the distance
Fan Nedd
Fan Nedd
The gateman admits a couple of smiley people :)
The gateman admits a couple of smiley people :)
Onwards to Fan Nedd
Onwards to Fan Nedd
Perfect clouds on the horizon
Perfect clouds on the horizon
Not the Fan Nedd summit!
Not the Fan Nedd summit!
Lunch stop on Fan Nedd
Lunch stop on Fan Nedd
Some Ramblers choose to go for the trig point
Some Ramblers choose to go for the trig point
Fan Nedd not trig point again
Fan Nedd not trig point again
Valley view
Valley view
Fan Gyhirych
Fan Gyhirych
Descending from Fan Nedd
Descending from Fan Nedd
Fan Gyhirych
Fan Gyhirych
Fan Gyhirych trig point
Fan Gyhirych trig point
Cray Reservoir
Cray Reservoir
Afternoon snack time
Afternoon snack time
Lovely easy track down!
Lovely easy track down!
Welsh sheep
Welsh sheep
And again
And again
Welsh sheep posing
Welsh sheep posing
Close up of posing sheep
Close up of posing sheep
Welsh black
Welsh black
Welsh grey?
Welsh grey?