This weekend was spent supervising Duke of Edinburgh groups on their Gold and Silver practice expeditions.
We spent the Friday night camping at the Red Kite Feeding Station near Llandeusant.
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| Pwll y Cig in the Black Mountain |
The route headed south on the lanes through Llandeusant an into the access land at Twyn Draintewion and Pen Rhiw Goch near Careg Ogof. I followed the groups at a distance keeping an eye on their progress and ensuring that they remained on route, but sufficiently behind so that they were unaware of my presence. The route becomes rather vague as the Afon Twrch is approached but is clearer from then onwards. The path improves towards Afon Geidd and becomes a track from here onwards to Glyntawe. The swallow holes are impressive some are full of water which Toffee took advantage of for a quick swim.
We spent the night at the campsite next to Dan yr Orgof caves where all the midges of Wales live!
Day 2 the cloud was down and it was raining, The groups of explorer scouts walked across the beautiful limestone moors of the Ogof Ffynnon Ddu National Nature Reserve to Porth yr Ogorf near Ysradfellte on the Beacons Way. What a pity they could not enjoy it fully. The area has a lot of history being used for quarrying, and rabbit farming.
The sun came out just as they finished.
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