Dorian Thomas - 177186

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Details

Date : 11/06/2015

Duration : 5-8 hours

Style : Leader / Supervisor

Type : Quality Mountain Day (QMD)

Weather : Clear - sunny - good visibility

Wind : Moderate Wind

Camping Type :

Nights Camping : 0

Mountains : Pen Allt-mawr Pen Cerrig-calch

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Description

Route - Start Crickhowell carpark, headed up to Table Mountain then Pen Cerrig-calch, Pen Allt-mawr, Pen Gloch-y-pibwr before heading back to the car park via Darren.
Weather - Sunny spells with moderate easterly wind
Learning Points - Map reading including relating features on map to locate and navigate. Compass bearings to confirm direction of travel. Navigation on ground with no visible paths. Route planned to take myself away from known ground. Addition of two further team members, adjusting pace and distance to suit ability
Group - 4 Sam, Winnie, Maria and myself

Area : Black Mountains

The Black Mountains (Welsh: Y Mynyddoedd Duon) are a group of hills spread across parts of Powys and Monmouthshire in southeast Wales, and extending across the national border into Herefordshire, England. They are the easternmost of the four ranges of hills that comprise the Brecon Beacons National Park, and are frequently confused with the westernmost, which is known as the Black Mountain. To confuse matters further, there is a peak in the Black Mountains called Black Mountain.

Map

Distance : 15.06 km Ascent : 884 m Descent : -793 m