So this was a couple of hikes in the Brecon beacons just before Christmas with Paul.

On Saturday we took a bit of an unconventional route starting early from the Storey Arms, heading up Fan Fawr, and then heading back to the start via a circuitous route taking bearings. The views were spectacular due to all the snowfall, and we experienced quite variable weather (the horizontal sleet biting into my cheeks was my favourite, hehe).

Sunday was another early start, this time we walked from Brecon up Pen-y-fan. This was quite a bit tougher then yesterday’s walk as we took the northern approach up to the summit; again there was considerable snowfall which made things very interesting! The final approach was pretty much a white out the whole way, and the ice axes actually came in useful for the last bit of scrambling 🙂 Lots of other hikers were out and even one or two people skiing.