Pen Y Fan Horseshoe Ridge Walk, Brecon Beacons, Wales
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- čas přidán 5. 05. 2022
- I had the chance to solo hike Pen Y Fan Horseshoe / Brecon Beacons Horseshoe for the first time and captured the views it has to offer. This incredible Pen Y Fan ridge walk hike is in the heart of the Brecon Beacons National Park, it is a circular 10 mile ridge walk that ascends four peaks, three of which are the highest peaks in South Wales. The trail I took starts you off at Neuadd Reservoir Carpark and follows a pretty steep climb up to the horseshoe ridge walk offering you hella views of the popular Brecon Beacons peaks. The trail I used only covers 3 peaks along the Pen Y Fan horseshoe ridge walk, but as an optional extra at the end, you can also go up Fan Y Big if you so desire.
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Pen - y - fan is a beautiful place to visit 😊
That's a good effort for a first hike. Film doesn't do it justice how steep some of the peaks in the Beacons are.
Cheers~ They are quite a climb, probably didn't help that I wasted a lot of energy filming back and forth 😂
Drone Clips were FAB ... You are so lucky with the weather ... I've walked it several times and only once have I had perfect conditions ... NICE
Very well put together
Been there many times in all weathers, lovely photography and reminds me how beautiful it is there
Loved this … thank you for taking us on this incredible hike with you… stunning👏🌟👍🏻
amazing video, very calming!
That was a nice video Oliver . Thank you!
stunning videography Oliver breathtaking aerial video too! The pen y fan horseshoe is on the list for me this year and look forward to re tracing your footsteps. Massive respect for the distance you did
Thank you! I'm sure you will enjoy the walk, could easily spend all day up there when the weather is nice.
Nice Oliver, this is the best video of this hike on YT yet in my opinion, very beautiful drone footage.
Wow that's super nice of you to say, I'm sure there are better ones out there but I will take it! ❤😆
Really relaxing to watch and I bet you enjoyed putting this one together.
Thank you!~ It was fun indeed but also challenging to cut into a shorter video, I filmed so much, and naturally we want to show everything ahah
did the same route many years ago, brings back great memories. great vlog, thanks for posting.
I'm glad it did! Thank you for watching :)
Beautiful Ollie!
Thank you!
Beautifully presented and produced. Have subbed 🎉
You have a very pleasant voice :) I appreciate that you don't try to hide that the hike is tough going, but you still make it a positive experience. Beautiful scenery by the way.
Ahah thank you. Hard to not stay positive with that view :D
Spent 3 years working there , military lived at Talybont farm loved it
Could honestly just watch your videos for hours on end…
Such beautiful footage and of course that little bit of Oli commentary we all know and love 😂
Nothing like a good rant about sheep and Lord of The Rings 😆
Fantastic, you captured the beauty magnificently. Pleasant to watch. You have a sub.
Super kind thank you for the sub :D
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Fan is pronounced Van . Very nice filming
Beautiful shots, was there last weekend, in a cloud but still really cool.
Totally missed this, I'd like to revisitin winter and kind of want to see it in the clouds too, mighht make a nice drone shot~
Great video
Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed it :D
Beautiful filming! Spectacular views. It's not an area I know but I'm planning to do this walk in September and your video has been extremely helpful in preparing me for what to expect.
Hey thanks for watching~ You'll enjoy the hike I'm sure, it's a pretty straight forward route so I don't think you need to worry about getting lost even if you don't know the area,. I hope you get great weather, be sure to take a good windproof and something warm just in case! It does get quite chilly on top of those summits when the wind picks up, even on sunny days like in this video :D
I camped on here back in February great weather you had.
Damn, must have been cold in Feb? Do love a cold camp though. I was planning to camp in the Black Mountains buuut I slipped in a waterfall and broke my finger, so I gave it a miss this time ahah.
Wow one of the best video's I've watched on this area what a stunning place which you captured very well and what a stunning video. I was going to do this hike this year but decided to go to Scotland for a wild camp instead because the weather was better but I will still be doing this walk one day. I watched this before seeing how many subs you had and was thinking you must have thousands but was very shocked see you only have 102. I inch my videos was a professional as yours definitely a new sub from me😁👍
That is super kind of you to say, thank you! It was a good hike for sure and had lots of fun filming it, you'll have a great time when you go, though Scotland is not a bad trade up! I don't think I'm consistent enough for the high subs yet, one day when my job doesn't keep me so busy I may stick to a regular schedcule~ :P
Thank you for this beautiful video, Oliver.
As a family of 4 we’ll be glamping in the Brecons in a couple of weeks & this looks like a good hike to do. I wasn’t sure if it’s too strenuous, so enjoyed your video. I think we’ll give it a try 👍
Thank you for watching~ It isn't too strenuous, I think you'll love it! I hope the weather clears up for when you're out there, it will be a treat for you and the fam 😁
nice work
Cheers! Appreciate it
I was about 14 years old at the top of Pen Y Fan and was approached by two middle-aged women whose golden retriever puppy had gone over the edge. I climbed down and traversed the face but it was in a bad way. It revived a bit after some water but couldn't walk and was too heavy for me to carry. I stayed with it for a couple of hours until it died. I built some stones over it.
The women were very upset but it actually not only ruined my holiday but left me upset for weeks afterwards.
The mountains are no place for your pet dogs, they can't appreciate the dangers even on a fine day.
What a horrible ordeal for all, sorry you had to go through that. I hope you are able to build fonder memories of the place.
This was a recreational training day during pre-parachute regiment selection for me in 2010 to keep up my fitness with 4 PARA .. 55 pounds of weight , boots , t shirt and denims with a smock and a litre of water in the bergan .. a 16km round trip with a climb of I think around 900 meters to the highest point pen y fan this was an absolute lick .. civilians take a 4-5 hour walk round this route ( we used to pass them 😂 ) and the pathways are well worn throughout , all us para reg lads did this in under 2 hours my personal time with my oppo Nick Mullins was 1 hour 52 mins soaking wet freezing our nads off .. very scenic extremely daunting with the constant changing weather conditions, undulating terrain proves a beast of a challenge .. fan y big to cribyn was my personal tough point heading up to pen y fan was easier don’t know why it was a steep climb .. maybe I warmed up .. good video .. cheers .. utrinique paratus #airbornefitness 👌👌
Nice video 👍 I done it the other way round 😅🏴⛰️⛰️
Nice! Did you go recently? Must be quite nippy with the frost, I'd like to go on a clear winter day though. And thank you ☺️
Get yourself a pair of hiking poles. They help take some of the strain off your legs on the ascents and descents.
Awesome video you seriously missed a stunning opportunity with fan y big and "the diving board" i would say the most spectacular out of all 4 peaks. Its a regular exercise route i walk the roman road back allways seems to take its toll on my ankles on the way back.
Thank you! I did miss out, it was my bad for doing several hikes before this one, knees were hating me hah. But I am in Wales this weekend and gonna snag it this time!
nice video, excellent videography, am planning this soon but knowing my luck id probably have acid rain or somthing bizzare, this is wales lol
Cheers! Lmao aye we are getting some cold winds coming through so take care out there, when do you plan on going?
@@oliverkillian probably mid November, its not the cold am bothered about its those damn clouds/mist i want a view to take pictures and also not to get lost in the mist like i did at Helvellyn for over an hour going the wrong way
@@kmtb2011 oh jeez, doesn't sound ideal, how long did the whole thing take you to do in the end?
@@oliverkillian about 4 to 5 hours thats me taking my time chilling and getting lost. with a reasonable fitness it can be done less than 3 hours in total
Someone might have the answer to my question ~ I’m solo hiking the horse show route and I’m wondering if the route is ‘way marked’ or obviously marked with ‘pathways’ or ‘trails’. Would you suggest I bring a map? Etc thanks 😋
Fantastic video and great photography…been there quite a few times and you captured it really nicely. Love doing mountain videos too - would be honoured if you took a look. Mountain adventures are what makes life worth living. Keep up the good work
Heya Oliver, just letting you know, "Fan y Bîg" is pronounced "Van-Uh-Beeg" not "Fanny-big"!
Same with Pen y Fan, pronounced "Pen-Uh-Van"
oh boy, I messed that up ahah, always love attempting to pronounce Welsh places, thanks for the tip!
Very good content and enjoyed it. What mic and camera have you got mate?
Thank you appreciate it! For this video I just used a Gopro hero 7 + Rode wireless go (+ a drone) :)
Nice vid, a little correction, Corn Du or I have heard it called Corn DDU, whatever, you say Du to English! you should say sort of like Corn De, the Welsh U is pronounced more like an E but sometimes a little different, but e for now.
Haha yes I'm starting to pick up on that, takes a little brain training to stop myself saying the U sound as my eyes see it. Cheers!
Corn Du is pronounced Corn Dee
Well then I thoroughly butchered that :D
I was planning on doing this hike but now that I see there are no signs, how did you not get lost with only a map?!
I was using Alltrails and just followed the lil navigator, but it was a pretty straight forward trail anyway once you're on the ridge. It's a sheer drop all along one side so there's only one path to follow, unless you wanna roll down the hill :p
What car park to start from ??
I parked at the Neuadd Taf Fechan Forest carpark, the bigger one which doesn't seem to show up on Google maps by search, but if you search the coordinates it should show up - 51.842908, -3.398162
Why is there a man in an orange boiler suit fishing on top of Corn Du.🤔
😂 I think he was getting some sweet 360 shots, hopefully I didn't photobomb it too much
weird voice
A wonderful and soothing video to watch.
We did much of that walk, at the weekend.
The weather was the exact opposite, with high winds, snow, ice and low visibility.
I was very interested to see the views.
Thanks for sharing 👌🏻
Thank you for watching~ that sounds like quite a different experience, I hope you still enjoyed the hike nonetheless. I'd love to see the views in winter with snow, maybe minus the high winds though hah
@@oliverkillian LOL 👍🏼
i used to walk that every weekend, now i got fed up of it now it just even feel like a mountain, more like a bloody hill, lol
You've thoroughly conquered it 😂 time for a bigger one
@@oliverkillian yeah i have spent some in the Canadian Alpes and french and last was in Thailand for 3 months yeah so yeah does look a bit dafy everytime I see it lol