a walk in the mountains, part two

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

After all that busy climbing, we drove a few miles further into the mountains to the Mountain Centre for lunch at the little café there. This is the view of Pen-y-Fan from outside the café. At 886 metres (2,907 ft) above sea-level, it is the highest peak in Britain south of Snowdonia.


And then we went for a walk up Mynydd Illtud. This is the view of Pen-y-Fan from the lower part of the common. Of course, we'd no sooner started walking than it started to hail, which you can see in these pictures.



The clouds could be seen rolling down and sitting atop some of the peaks in the distance.



Little Ruby had been enjoying herself enormously up to this point – wide open spaces to run around, ice cold water to wade through and drink, sheep and rabbit droppings to sniff, a dead shrew to nibble on; it was the most exciting day she'd ever had. But she found the hail rather too scary to cope with and had to be picked up and carried until it stopped.


Long shot and close up of Pen-y-Fan again.



A dinky little pond we passed.


Here are a bunch more random pictures of various mountains either bathed in sunlight or swathed in cloud.










Big Sis and Small trying their hand at sheep-rustling.


Eventually, that low-lying cloud hit Pen-y-Fan as well.


Sun breaking through the cloud.

Comments

[shaw012145.livejournal.com]

You were out walking in a hail storm ... WOW ... very brave.

I am exhausted looking at your photos and I have been sitting at my desk the whole time.

Thanks for sharing.

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Well, we didn't know when we set out that it was going to hail...luckily it only lasted a few minutes. Just long enough to scare Ruby!

[shaw012145.livejournal.com]

Thank goodness Poppy was not with you ... she would probably have made it to Australia.

[rosie55.livejournal.com]

Beautiful pictures of a glorious area. I used to enjoy driving through here when my daughter was at Aberystwyth for a year.
It was interesting to see how the sky changed through the day and I was surprised to see snow on the top, too. Thankyou for sharing your lovely day out with us!

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

It is a lovely area - I don't get up there nearly often enough, and never really explore enough when I do. We tend to stick to the same old haunts all the time.

[femsc.livejournal.com]

Hail? Crumbs, what time was that? By the time I got to the area (early evening) it was wall to wall sun and just a bit of wind. It hadn't been hailing where I was near Lampeter, either!

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

The hail was at...around about 1.30pm. We'd just set out up Mynydd Illtud after having lunch at the cafe. They'd forecast occasional showers, but we weren't expecting hail! Luckily it didn't last more than a few minutes.

[femsc.livejournal.com]

Ah. At that time I was still in the Lampeter area, admiring kids about the same size and age as the one in my icon (the icon shows one of last year's brood). I didn't stop for a cuppa in 'Terry's layby' until around 19:00, by which time it was starting to get a bit chilly but it was still lovely and sunny.

[sunray45.livejournal.com]

Beautiful scenery in both your posts. The waterfalls, valleys mountains, clouds, all very lovely.

Thank you for taking us along on your ramble.

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Thanks, and no worries - I love taking pictures, so it's great to be able to share them!

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

Really lovely, such beautiful scenery.

[mav-fan.livejournal.com]

Wow, you had some great cloud action that day. Poor Ruby, I think she is very wise to be afraid of hale. Thanks so much for sharing!

[smirra.livejournal.com]

I love the weather heavy clouds and the bright blue ky behind it. Is there still snow on the peaks of that mountain?

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I couldn't say for sure, as I haven't been up there since this day, but I doubt there is snow on the mountain at the moment - the bulk of it had melted by the end of the day I was there, and that was over a month ago now. So I'm guessing it is all gone by now. The cloud formations were amazing that day.

[smirra.livejournal.com]

the bulk of it had melted by the end of the day I was there
Oh I meant if there is some snow on the pictures (maybe a bit blind-me)- so you say there was, that day. I wasn't sure from the photos if it was snow or the rock on top of it. Beautiful impressive shots all over.