Brecon Beacons National Park

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!

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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. 

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:

But I personally prefer the very small, quiet churches.

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

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

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?

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