Brecon Beacons | Pen-y-Fan & Corn Du Circuit
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- Опубліковано 22 кві 2018
- In April 2017, Abbie and some friends ventured to the Brecon Beacons, ready to take on the highest mountain in Wales, Pen-y-Fan. Little did they know however, that their adventure would turn out somewhat different to planned...
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Please note my mistake in the voice over - accidentally declaring that Pen-y-Fan is the highest mountain in Wales, when it is actually Snowdon!!
please upload your walk up snowdon one day
You also get it wrong in your notes above, but you can edit this quite easily.
Pen-y-Fan: highest mountain in Wales south of all the big ones.
I'm amazed you found the car Abbie. Mind you having awoken from your navigational predicament you were no doubt determined stay oriented. Well, I guess in life you have to lose yourself before you find yourself. A cracking adventure - good laughs and wonderful weather. I do lobe the fan - it's a special place. Thanks for sharing. Mark
Always wanted to do that walk, thank you for taking me there.
Nice job Abbie. I like the way you froze each person as you introduced them to us. Like a Quentin Tarantino film with no cursing.
Thanks for sharing, looks like it was an amazing day!
Brilliant, lovely, and beautiful. I'm sharpening my toothbrush into a shank right now!
glad you enjoyed my local mtn, on my favorite approach to the central beacons.
A great adventure indeed. Thank you one and all for making your journey and then sharing it with us.
Great video Abbie 👍👍
Great video, nice recovery :) looked like you all had fun. One of my fave mountains as it was my first, try to do it once year. Keep up the good work
Very nice trek with family and friends.
How I've only just come across this channel is beyond me. Great content. Also eyed the Surfers Against Sewage badge in the car window at the start 🤙
Yeah, you've got it! Thanks for watching! Stay WILD. Abbie
Good video as always Abbie, good company too! ATB Kenny.
Your videos are quite an inspiration, even when things don't go as planned.
Hi Abby, as we’re missing out on The Lake District this year we’re having a week in The Beacons in Iate June so I was happy to come across this video. I can easily relate to your gang “getting lost” as my map reading skills are negligible and we can wander a long way before it slowly dawns on us we’re not going where we should be going. I have invested in a gps device as back up, this has given us peace of mind.
I did the Pen Y Fan horseshoe last year and realised after already starting that I was doing it anti-clockwise rather than clockwise or visa versa! It’s not just you ha ha
Corn Du is pronounced “Corn Dee” and translates to black horn in English :) Glad you came to Wales and saw our beautiful mountains!
Thanks for this Meg! I never knew that about the name - big fan of knowing translations :) Stay WILD!
A great, fun video. I suppose one advantage of (even a cheap) GPS is that you can do a spot check to determine precisely (give or take) where you are. The one (and only so far) time I did Pen y Fan and Corn Du, there had been a massive dump of snow a couple of days beforehand. No crampons or ice axes but we, and a great many others, made it to the top. It was beautiful. Then the rescue helicopter paid us a visit and ushered all of us off the mountain before it got dark! Amazing experience.
Wow!! That sure does sound incredible!!
Last time I was up there, it was at dawn after a solo wild camp. Would take that over a busy summit any day of the week.
Great recovery from the navigational error. If you had not made the mistake, you would not have had the chance to see the scenery along that route. Great video, keep them coming as you are a great producer, editor and actor.
Great video, Abbie. The last time I was up there it was so foggy I had to ask someone for directions and was the told that the summit was about 20 meters away!
Wherever you go, there you are!
Just completed the horseshoe yesterday. Our first peak we reached was Corn Du, then Pen Y Fan, Cribyn and then Fan Y Big (which had the best views) and is the one many decide not to tackle as the gap road is just before. All in all a FANTASTIC walk, the Horsehoe, walking along the ridge and scaping the lands of Brecon
So you defo won that race, hands down haha does b not no who she’s up against 😁 crazy to think il be there Saturday can’t wait. Just like I can’t thank you enough for inspiring me to get out and about again
you went the long way! I know the route you took up to fan y big but there is another easier way lol The neueydd res car park you needed to be. Nice you still had a good time always enjoy your vids
Love watching this film back every now & then. It was such a fun day, despite our (& I take full navigational error credit with Abbie, it was as much, if not more, my mistake!). Mum has expressed an interest in going up Snowdon, though Dad is less keen! Maybe the next adventure? I’m sure we’re due one!
It wasn't until 5:58 that I realised what had happened. You walked my favourite way around Pen y Fan and until then I was thinking "Well, they haven't gone wrong yet..."
Another enjoyable outing, Abbie. It looks like you went up along the Beacons Way, towards Fan Y Big and then east? I do enjoy the horseshoe walk and it looks like the weather was fantastic for you. Thanks for sharing.
It's great to see you doing "our local." Rosa and I have done this countless times. At first I was confused because it looked like the wrong fan but then (Spoiler alert) IT WAS! We've found the prettiest way to do this is to start near Pontsticill Reservoir, trek to the car park, hike up the right hand side of the tree-line from the abandoned reservoir, circle the fan to the Saddle, Dorn Du, Pen-y-fan then (optional) climb Cribyn and Fan-y-big too before coming back down to the car park.
The only issue I have with this range is the massive numbers of other people there. Corn Du and Pen-y-fan are packed most times but Cribyn and Fan-y-big are almost always empty. Also if you're ever in the area again, check out the waterfalls. There are several sets in the Beacons but especially Ystradfellte :)
When I visit the UK next year I'd to go along on a hike with you... !
Cant wait to meet you!
Great video works really well and well fimed here have a sub keep up the great work atb matt uk
Thanks for watching!
I've been up Pen y Fan at least 3 times, twice in one day. The Brecon Beacons are the training ground for the SAS and Parachute Regiment and Royal Marines.
I did the exactly the same thing last week, i started at the wrong car park. LOL Great vid
There are two starting point for Pen-Y-Fan. The car park in the woods or next to the Storey Arms.
Great walk... have done it in many weathers. Did you stop off at the diving board stone on Fan y Big.. great photo stop. Very enjoyable to watch.
No!! Must go back now!!
Nice video. :-)
Abbie's walks are a million times more engaging than any of those presented by Julia Bradbury.
We unfortunately are used to mountain fires 🔥 from Easter time onwards, where some little darlings set fire to them in closer populated it can get worrying to the fire brigades and local residents. One place I lived in the Rhondda the fire crews would leave there tenders outside our house and go up the mountain to try and put them out.
Whoops! slight geographical miscalculation.
Made for a good film though, i was planning on hiking pen y fan with my 6 year old daughter for her first mountain. But the weather man said it wasn't such a good idea on the weekend we had planned. Will have to plan it again soon.
Thanks for sharing.
Gary.
Just came across this video, really enjoyed it. Haven't read all the comments so don't know if any one has mentioned your pronunciation . There is no 'V' in the Welsh language, so if you see a word with one 'F' it is pronounced as a 'V' so Pen-y-Fan is pronounced Pen- ee-van. Mind you I have trouble pronouncing some English place names and English is my first language :)
Imagine the forest that used to be there before predators were wiped out and sheep allowed to overgraze and strip the land of the wildlife.
I was sure that Snowdon is highest in Wales.
laes6 it is, slight slip of the tongue I imagine - Pen Y Fan is the highest point in the Brecons and the highest point in South Wales
Snowden is the highest 1085 m....... Pen Y Fen 886m.
Yeah my bad. Honestly, I re-edited this SO many times I'm gutted I missed that mistake.. never mind, thank you for pointing it out so hopefully others can see!
You doing good work :)
its pronounced " van" not fan. pen y (v)fan...
Abbie, it's not Penny Fan, it's pronounced Pen-ah-Van (pidgeon Welsh).
Thanks :)
It's actually Pen Uhh Van.
Abbie's walks are a million times more engaging than any of those presented by Julia Bradbury.
Abbie's walks are a million times more engaging than any of those presented by Julia Bradbury.