Black Mountains Roundabout

Two of us from the team Simon and Ollie ( the rest bottled it ) are undertaking the 25 mile, 6,500 ft of ascent mountain marathon in the Brecon Beacons National park known as the Black Mountains Roundabout this saturday. The walk starts by taking the high road from Crickhowell. Passing Llanbedr, you climb 8 miles of whale back ridge - so very characteristic of the Black Mountains - to reach Waun Fach, the highest point in the range. From here, it is down hill to Pengenffordd , with cold drinks when you arrive. Mynydd Troed is a 1000 ft climb, followed by Mynydd Llangorse, dropping again to lower altitudes and more drinks at Pentre. You have done 20 miles by now and you're about to hit the wall - 1800 ft of it - before you top Pen Allt- Mawr, breeze along the ridge to Pen Cerrig-Catch and down, down all the way back to Crickhowell.

This is an idea of Simon's so we thought we would use it as a chance to get some good training in for the main walk in June, this will help us determine how we will cope over a vast array of terrain.This is some challenge so hoping for some good weather, knowing wales it will prob be the worst snow storm for 50 years..We will let you know how we get on over the weekend and will upload a few pics. Keep supporting the Spa2Summit team cheers..