Brecon Beacons 3 day Wild Camp

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You need to have mountain walking experience, good equipment and a high level of fitness to carry your food, sleeping bag, sleeping mat and bivvy bag or small tent for three days, including two ascents from valley floor to summit level. Most of the time we’ll be on defined trails, however some of the time will be on difficult terrain with no trail. I expect that we’ll walk about 15km on Friday, 20km on Saturday and 10km on Sunday.

We will meet next to the White Hart Inn in Talybont at 10am on Friday 11th August, so that we can depart by 10:15am, with the aim of getting to a suitable place to sleep by late afternoon/early evening. We’ll follow the route of a disused railway, going alongside Talybont reservoir, then across the top of the reservoir and steeply up past the Blaen – Glyn waterfalls. We’ll then have tough ascent through tussocked grass to find a place to sleep amongst old quarry remains.

On Saturday, we’ll be up early, visit the Wellington memorial, then head a little way East to then travel West over the summits of all 6 principal peaks in the Brecon Beacons section of the national park. Then South along the highest and longest ridge and drop to valley floor level at the Lower Neuadd reservoir, followed by a climb to the summit of Craig-y-Fan Ddu, in time to get our tents up before we watch the sun set behind Pen-y-fan.

Sunday will be fairly relaxed, heading to Carn Pica and then down to the Talybont reservoir dam; with the choice of being sensible and following the disused railway to Talybont; or if it’s warm, following the course of the river from the reservoir and getting rather wet.

Thursday Night – Because it will be holiday season, if you plan to stay near Talybont on the night before the event, I suggest you book well in advance. You’ll need to book your own accommodation that night. I’ll be staying locally and I’ll let you know where I’m staying should you wish to stay at the same place for ease.

If you have questions, or difficulties with travel or accommodation please contact me.

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