Brecon Beacons Trail Running

Lily Dyu is a writer and a runner based near the book town of Hay-on-Wye. Her childhood was spent in Ireland and the north-west of England and her love for the outdoors grew from studying geology during a natural sciences degree. She started running in her twenties and since then the sport has taken her from pounding the pavements around the University of Birmingham to running around Manaslu, Nepal, the world’s eighth-highest mountain. Lily still enjoys the buzz of a big-city marathon, but she is always happiest spending time with friends, beneath open skies, and preferably in lumpy places.John Price is a solicitor and a (very moderate) fell runner who hates running up hills – but loves coming down them! After growing up on a Herefordshire farm, he moved away in his early career but now lives once again near Hay-on-Wye and has spent countless days roaming over the hills and mountains of Mid and South Wales – and finishing near the back of the field in numerous races. He has taken top podium place in the first running of a local race (before anyone else knew about it) and was also proud winner of a pineapple at the 2017 Skirrid race (but sadly not for his running prowess). A keen mountain-marathon competitor, he has camped in boggy fields all around the country in an unfeasibly small tent and always returns with amusing stories of derring-do and misadventure.

• Introduction Acknowledgements About the routes Maps Descriptions, estimated times, distances & ascentTerrainTransport Recommended equipment Footwear Clothing Fuel & hydration Safety Mountain rescue Mountain rescue by SMS text Dogs The Countryside Code Brecon Beacons Trail Running Area Map 1 Mynydd Illtud Common 2 Carreg Cennen Castle 3 Table Mountain – Crickhowell 4 Fan Frynych5 Mynydd Llangorse 6 Craig Y Cilau Nature Reserve 7 Usk Reservoir 8 Llanthony 9 Circuit of Twmpa 10 Sugar Loaf 11 The Begwns 12 Waun Fach & Castell Dinas 13 The Blorenge 14 Pen Y Fan Horseshoe 15 Tor Y Foel 16 Carmarthen Fans & The Lakes 17 The Waterfalls Roundabout 18 Fan Brycheiniog 19 Hay Bluff & The Cat’s Back 20 Fan Y Big Horseshoe Appendix

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