scene_again | a walk in the mountains, part one

To my shame, I never seem to comment on everyone else's lovely pictures nearly enough. Thanks to everyone who keeps posting them, though - they are always lovely.

I come bearing more pictures again, this time taken on a family outing to the Brecon Beacons last Saturday. As with my last picspam, I suspect I'll have to post this in two parts as it'll be pretty image heavy - I just can't stop myself once I start snapping!

Our day started with a leisurely drive up the A470 to the Storey Arms centre, where we – myself, my parents, Brother Mine, Small and the little puppy Ruby – met up with Big Sis and her Husband, who were visiting from Kent for the weekend. The weather was fairly mixed, but it still came as a bit of a surprise to see snow on some of the higher mountaintops and ridges.

There are loads of popular mountain walks starting out from this point, but for us it was just a place to meet on this day, and I took a few photos while waiting.

Storey Arms is the starting point for many keen walkers and climbers to ascend Pen-y-Fan - it's one of the most accessible circuits of the highest peak in South Wales. Once D&R had joined us – late as usual – we drove a few hundred yards up the road to our regular family picnic spot alongside a pretty little waterfall overlooking the valley.

I took loads and loads of pictures this day, so apologies if many of them look pretty much the same – the light kept changing, cloud formations kept shifting, the scenerary in general was so pretty, and the snow over on Pen-y-Fan was steadily melting!

It had rained quite a bit overnight, so the ground was pretty boggy – the slopes of the mountains are criss-crossed with tiny streams, which doesn't help. I'm not sure what the name of this particular one is, but it's a pretty gentle climb – and it helps that the road runs fairly high up the hill, so that you're already fairly near the top before you even start to scramble up the slope!