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Just Cribyn!

Just Cribyn!


Postby willywalker247 » Tue Jul 01, 2014 6:03 pm

Hewitts included on this walk: Cribyn

Date walked: 01/07/2014

Time taken: 3.4

Distance: 10.8 km

Ascent: 469m

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Well the forecast was very good a day not to be missed if your into hill walking.
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I arrived at the car park just below the Neuadd reservoir grid ref so037170 at 10:30am after a night shift I sorted myself out and set out at 10:50.

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As I walk along the track it was warm with a light breeze blowing now and again and this set the pattern for the day as far as the wind was concerned. I had decided to go around Cribyn and climb it from the Pen y Fan side. It is a steeper climb but shorter and it would fetch me back down to the track that I came along. Here are some pic`s I took along the way.
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More of the track with Cribyn to the left of the picture
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Looking down towards the upper Neuadd reservoir with very little water in it.
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Path leading around Cribyn and up Pen y Fan.
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Fan y Big from Cribyn.
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Pontsticill reservoir in the distance.
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Looking northeast.
A great afternoon in the Brecon Beacons.
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Cribyn 1st July 2014 008.JPG
Corn Ddu, Pen y Fan from Cribyn.
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Corn Ddu, Pen y Fan, Cribyn.
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