Sgwd yr Eira

We have had a few days of unusually hot weather for the UK,  the July record was broken at Heathrow  Airport with a temperature of 36.7C.

With that in mind I decided to take the school group to Sgwd yr Eira rather than Pen y Fan; especially as thundery showers were forecast. The inquest into the death of three SAS soldiers in July last year has been in the news over the last few weeks and the press would have a feast if a school group got into difficulties. Anyway the Hepste gorge would be in the shade. 

The river Hepste plunges over a 30m cliff at Sgwd yr Eira (Fall of Snow). The underlying rock is limestone but a resistant band of millstone grit provides the ledge for the falls. 

A footpath follows a natural rock shelf behind the falls allowing walkers to cross the river behind the falls.

This is a classic walk, one not to be missed.