We parked our cars on Llanbedr Hill, and as we started the walk a group of wild ponies loomed up out of the thick mist. Sadly they were too indistinct to photograph. We headed across the grouse moors towards Red Hill, at that time unable to look down to Rhulen Church in the valley below due to the fog. We then circled around to follow the track back along the ridge of Llanbedr Hill towards Gareg Lwyd and Craig y Fudal.

At last the mist began to lift and the sun started to peep through. To our left it was still too misty to make out the Brecon Beacons, though some of us had seen them from the track on a previous occasion. As we walked we could see Rhulen Hill to our right, with the blue skies reflected in the waters of Mawn Pool a little distance away. Further down the track we could see the Roundabout (the highest point of the Begwns) in the distance on our left. Reaching a crossroads we turned back along a lower track which would take us back to the cars, passing the charmingly named ‘Dancing Ground’ before skirting around the Mawn Pool.

By this time the sun was a deep blue, and the sun was blazing down. Here is the group on the lower slopes of Rhulen Hill, with the inevitable sheep making their way through the deep purple heather and the dark green bracken.

By this time the sun was a deep blue, and the sun was blazing down. Here is the group on the lower slopes of Rhulen Hill, with the inevitable sheep making their way through the deep purple heather and the dark green bracken.

Back to the parking area, with Rhulen Hill in the background. At last, with clear skies, we were able to look down at Rhulen Church, and the farmsteads nestled in the valley, the beautiful views of the other side of the valley, and right across the rolling hills towards the Epynt in the distance.