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Brecon Beacons National Park

Argitaratu: 21.08.2024

Hey there!

We started out from Reading the day before yesterday. It was a 'Warm-Sock-Morning'. At least for my daughter. I have my fur!

Warm-Sock-Morning

Our destination was the Brecon Beacons National Park. It's located in Wales - I've already told you that.

On the way there, we stopped in Avebury. There are these huge stones arranged in a circle and along the sides of the paths. They've been there for several thousand years. Whoooaaahhh, can you imagine that? By the way, such things are called monoliths.

Two out of many more, which formed several circles
We liked it a lot

But before that, we went for a walk by the Thames. It was really nice and very relaxing. There was also a boathouse with lots of rowing boats. They belonged to the students of a boarding school there (Shiplake College). Rowing is actually a very important sport here, just so you know.

The Thames
Morning sun
This is where the rowing boats dock

There, in Shiplake, there's also a church that we visited on our way.

St. Peter and St. Paul

And after a longer drive, we eventually arrived at our accommodation near Brecon.

We're guarding the entrance

It's what's called a cottage - basically a tiny little house. Just for us all alone in the middle of the green on a farm. And when I say green, I really mean it. The area here seems to have an endless array of shades of green with its hills, meadows, and forests.

On the first morning, we went for a little hike. It rained quite a bit, and my daughter got really wet.

Clouds
Sheep everywhere
And plenty of landscapes all around

By the way, here you can practically walk over all the fields, meadows, and properties, unless there's a sign stating otherwise. My daughter said that in Germany it's usually the other way around. Hm, I’m not quite sure what that means.

Hard to recognize, but you can climb over the fence using a step

There are little gates or stepping aids everywhere to get onto the meadows.

The weather then got much better, but unfortunately, my daughter stupidly took along the hiking boots that are not waterproof. So she needed ones that we got cheaply. They call it sale here.

And with that, we continued our journey. In Brecon and here and there for a walk. 

You can still see them, the red telephone boxes
View from the bridge
Brecon Cathedral
From the inside. With a bishop's chair

There was also a guestbook. With signatures from some quite well-known people who must have been here. They are called Reuels or something like that:

One of the Reuels - oh no - Royals!
And these are the current ones...

But I personally prefer the very small, quiet churches.

We were in this one this morning
Usually surrounded by graveyards with some very old graves
This is what it looked like inside
And the entrance had something mystical

We hiked in other places too. I'll just show you a few photos from that now:

We at the highest waterfall in Wales

The path was quite difficult. Good thing my daughter was carrying me. And that she had her waterproof shoes for the somewhat muddy stretch.

Break is a must
Bridge over the particularly muddy part of the path
Amazing views along the way
Walk in the green
Whoooaaahhh
Mini waterfall
Great landscape, isn't it?
There are of course lakes too
And again, wide views

Oh, I could show you so many more pictures. But for now, maybe that's enough. Except for one. Here - very small - you can see our accommodation from a distance. Nice, isn't it?

Our little farm
Sunset in front of our accommodation

There's so little artificial light here (meaning light not produced by nature itself), that you can officially come here to stargaze. We did that last night too and went outside at half past three. And even though no one turned on the lights, it was really bright. We wondered until we saw the full moon. Whoooaaahhh, it gives off so much light when there’s none around. You normally don't notice that!

Tomorrow we're heading further towards the Peak District. I'm really curious if there will be as beautiful views there too.

I’ll keep you updated.

Warm regards from Travis, the buddy bear




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