Well yesterday we headed into the Brecon Beacons as we'd had the first snowfall of the year....only a sprinkling though sadly. We started from Llanfrynach in sunshine and with blue skies above. As we climbed higher the wind started picking up and we were soon in the gale force winds that had been forecast. Certainly made the walk up interesting. Then the hail and snow showers started and then the blue sky appeared again.....typical Welsh weather Had a quick cuppa on the top and a game of snowballs before heading back down to see if we could beat the next weather front heading our way. Thankfully the wind was behind us going down so made the descent a bit quicker but we had more hail and snow showers to contend with as well.

A fantastic day in the hills

......photos can be found HERE

Hi Annie, Alun,

Thanks for your la-*test*-('") posts and great pictures. Vive le Pays de Galles !!!

Here are some pictures of my week-end on the hills :

Great walk on Sunday 21st January on the Graydon mountain (1800 m) at the foot of the fabulous Roc d'Enfer (Hell Rock - 2243 m). Ideal weather conditions (no wind, cold and fresh snow but not enough for ski mountaineering unfortunately). I didn't take my snow-shoes. That was only a winter hillwalk. Great views over the moutains of my region (the Chablais) freshly covered in snow. Still waiting for more snow in order to ski.



And you can view all my pictures here on photobucket :

Walk to the GRAYDON mountain

Greetings from the Alps,

Lionel

Fantastic photos Lionel...love the one of the church

Great photos, both of you!

Annie, you really caught the 'Welsh weather' atmosphere!

Annie + Lionel great pics.

Thanks for your compliments. Annie, Alun, Riglein I will be waiting for your next pictures...

Cheers,

Lionel

Blue sky on Monday over the Ben - it's a big old lump! Situation normal today, that was our sun for January

As it was such a fantastic day I decided to go for a quick yomp up Pen-y-Fan in the snow. It was certainly busy up there and very slippery underfoot. Sadly the batteries in my camera gave up on the way so not many photos but the ones I did take can be found

HERE

Beautiful photos, Annie!

Lovely day here, too (no snow, though!) - but I just went and played "tourist" in Gloucester, photographing the Cathedral, Docks etc. Will stick some of the pics on photbucket in due course...

Thanks for your photos Annie. At least it seems that I have a chance to see Wales under the sunshine when I go to visit your country.

Beautiful scenery indeed, especially Corn Ddu !

Greetings,

Lionel

Think I may have to stay off the hills this weekend, my knee has started clicking every time I bend it and I would hate it to give up the ghost in the middle of nowhere. Doesn't hurt at all, just this bizarre click - is there a doctor in the house????

great pics annie.
i managed to finish work early yesterday(9am) and i went up Pen y Fan it was lovely and misty but huge militairy presence tho must have passed at least a hundred squaddies runing down path . i decided to video bits instead of using my camera and i forgot to press pause wen i was walking down off Pen y Fan twards Cribyn lol so u see nothing just sound of me trudging in snow lol i got a couple of litle clips tho but i dont know how to put them on my computer.

Bonjour à tous !

Today I went ski-mountaineering with my friends Dominique, Alain and Jean-François. We had a long and tiring ascent of the Pic de la Corne (Horn Peak). The total ascent was 1000 metres. The weather was very sunny with blue skies but the temperatures were quite cold (around minus 10°C). The descent to altitude 1600 was really good (powder snow) but under altitude 1500 there is still a lack of snow in the Alps... so it was quite rocky. However we had a great day today in the Alps.

Greetings from the Alps,

Lionel

Here is a picture of the Pic de la Corne (alt 2082 metres).



And if you wish to watch all the pics the link is below :

Ski mountaieneering at the Pic de la Corne

Did you go hillwalking over the week-end ?

Aye it was the same when I was up there Alun ...squaddies everywhere ...think there must've been an SAS selection exercise up there

Well yesterday we headed into the Black Mountains we went up Rhos Dirion and over to Lord Hereford's Knob (and yes it is actually called that ). It was another windy day, almost got blown off my feet a few times on the way down. Weather was a bit overcast so no photos this time. We bumped into some friends whilst we were walking so we all went back to the Castle Inn for a quick pint....brilliant

Annie !

No photos this time, what a pity !!! You should have taken a picture of the strong wind.

Waiting for your next pics Annie,

Greetings from the sunny Alps,

Lionel