THE BRITISH AGAIN
7/4/02
I
met Nick in Croesyceiliog, it was 5.00pm on Sunday evening, the weather was
still dry and sunny. We made off against a strong head wind to New Inn. We
sought shelter along the cycle track to Pontypool, where we cycled along the
old road to Hafodrynys, here we took the steep lane that climbs up to the
Star pub and then over the common to the start of the mountain road to the
British. The Sun was blazing it’s last rays of the day as we viewed the
Brecon Beacons once again. Just before the junction for Llanhileth, we met
the strong wind again, it tried to make life hard, but we assailed it easily.
Once again at the top we felt like we were on top of the world, the views
were splendid as usual , but the wind made it a different atmosphere to the
usual calm we experience on top of this ‘sacred’ mountain (well
it would be if it was not for all the rubbish dumped there!) We took a slow
descent down the mountain, as the road as become very rough over the last
few years, before long we were back in Croesyceilog as it was going dark..22
miles.
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