Wild Camping on Top of an Iron Age Hillfort | Panoramic Views of Bannau Brycheiniog
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- Pen-y-Crug is an Iron Age Hillfort in the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, on top you have panoramic views of the central Bannau Brycheiniog. It overlooks the nearby town of Brecon and it gives you great views of the surrounding mountain ranges. 2000 years ago, this hillfort would have been bustling with life. I've visited here many times before, and it has been calling my name for a long time to do a wild camp - it didn't disappoint, the views of the surrounding landscape were incredible! I hope you enjoy the video, if so please feel free to subscribe to join me on my future adventures.
Thanks for stopping by,
Ryan.
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What a stunning and heartfelt video ..... Like a fine wine just keeps getting better well done 👍
Thank you, Ian 👌🏼
All I'm saying is wow 👌
This is a very special place 🏴👌🏼
Really beautiful landscape, especially the moonlit snowcapped mountains in the distance. I'm so glad you decided to take us along on your travels via CZcams, you are a natural presenter. Thank you.
Thanks for the positive comments, it's much appreciated. Glad you enjoyed the video. ATB, Ryan.
Ahh mate nicholas romans put me onto your videos. Awesome and great knowledge fair play. Not sure if i wish I'd found them later as im binge watching them and watched about 10 since yesterday so keep them coming, ha before I run out!!!
Nice one, Lee. I'm glad you're enjoying the channel and having a good binge. Hopefully I can get a few more camps in before you run out of videos, ha ha. Take it easy, mate. ATB, Ryan.
The whole family’s watching this Friday night. Keep it up buddy 👍
Hello buddy, I can't believe I'm the Friday night entertainment in your house, ha ha. Thanks pal!
Lovely 🫶
I really enjoy ‘all’ your uploads 👍🫶
I watch all your stuff my friend, your awesome 🙌
Much love 💜 to your gorgeous dog Toby 😁 he’s a cracking wee beastie 😘
Hi there, that's great to hear, I'm glad you're enjoying our camps! Thank you for watching, ATB, Ryan.
Love the drone views of the idyllic farm land, homes and forest views . What a wonderful life you live , with your trusty canine companion along for the walk . If I wasn’t nearing my 76st birthday I would beg you take me along for one of your adventures ! 👍🤗🇨🇦
Thank you, Mary, I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. It's a beautiful location and I'm lucky to live here. ATB, Ryan.
From West Chester, OH - Thank You for sharing Toby’s BIO ❤🐕. Outstanding drone work!
Thank you! 🙂 Always happy to show Toby off 🐕
It's nice as someone that doesn't eat meat to watch a wild camping video and not have to skip the cooking part for once! I'll let the doggo off because he's such a good boy! I look forward to seeing more videos in the future :)
Thank you, glad you enjoyed and thanks for watching! 🙂
Good spot! An ancient army would have a real difficult time,(suicidal), trying to assault that position. Thanks for sharing!
Very true, it's an incredible vantage point. Thank you for watching!
Great video Ryan cracking location and the food looked awesome 👍 great drone footage too ATB Simon & Mark
Thanks, boys! It's one of the best spots I've ever camped this one. Glad you enjoyed. ATB, Ryan.
Found your channel last week and loving the content so far. Looking forward to the next adventure 👍
Thanks very much, Chris. Glad you're enjoying. Diolch!
Another great quality video, keep up the great work bud 👍👍
Thank you, Steve, and thanks for sharing 🙌🏼
Now then I enjoy Whiskey but only on My own No one to fall out with 😅👍
Very good channel Best regards Smith!
You and me both! Thanks very much, mate!
What a beautiful place! We enjoy learning the history you share! We usually look up more about the location! Was the horse was the welcome committee? Toby is such a loveable dog! He talks with his eyes! We really like that you're easy going and to the point in your explanations. We wouldn't have guessed you just started doing these camping videos! You have a gift! Thank you for sharing it with us! The drone footage and the music go together so beautifully!
Thank you so much for the positive comments, they inspire me to get out and do more camps to keep the channel going. Diolch! 🙂
Really enjoy your adventures.. kove it when you 2 get all cosy 🥰 .. nice arial footage.. Take care mate ... 🩵 Ps you surprised us with the Tofu !!! Wouldn't of thought you ate that !! More of a steak guy ! X
Thank you, Carla, I'm glad you're enjoying our adventures, many more to come. Yes, I surprise most people when I tell them I'm veggie 😂 atb, Ryan
Another great vid from you both! Looking forward to your future trips n reviews 👍👍
Cheers, mate! Thanks for watching.
Great video mate fantastic location with stunning views all around ,so many gems in gods country as we say 👍🏻
Yes, it's a lovely little spot! Thank you, mate, and thanks for watching.
I’m not crying, your crying…beautiful editing, story telling, Toby, whisky, simplicity and happiness, a real sense of history with your presenting skills…back to your roots Ry in the wild you were born for this 🏴
Diolch, Hel! Thanks for the lovely comments 🙏🏼
@@wildaboutwales🎉❤
What a stunning location and beautifully filmed. Really enjoy watching your camping trips and Toby and the variety of whisky you take. And I totally agree, one must have a bit of chocolate with a dram. It is a thing.
Thank you, Peter, I'm glad you're enjoying! Sounds like you enjoy a wee dram yourself - I'll be taking some great whiskies on my upcoming camps for you to enjoy 🥃
@wildaboutwales I don't drink much, but if I fancy one, well, you can't beat a good whisky, especially last thing at night. Looking forward to seeing your next video and, of course, the whisky! All the best.
@@user-uk8nd9hj2y Cheers mate 👍🏼
Loving your channel.
I'm a fellow outdoors loving person from South Wales. I love the Beacons, Rhondda, Dare Valley, Rhymney Valley etc. So much beauty on our doorsteps. We are blessed 😉
Thanks, Anthony! Nice to hear you're enjoying the channel. We certainly are blessed, mate - we're lucky to have it all on our doorstep.
An extraordinary video! The drone work at the end was wonderful! Thanks for introducing us to Toby and his heritage. I wouldn’t have guessed him to be 12 years old. My black Lab mix was so full of life at that age. Last August when he was 14 I had to help him cross the rainbow bridge. He was in renal failure. He was my hiking and camping buddy for many years. I miss him so! I hope you have many more years with Toby!🩷
Hello Chris, thank you for the nice compliments, it means a lot. So sorry you lost your boy, I'm sure he had a good life with you if he joined you on your adventures - it's the best life you can give them. ATB, Ryan.
I hated Brecon when I was in the Army from my exercises as a recruit to my SCBC ,had a few laughs in Sarah Siddons though and I'll say no more on that 😂,but all these years later you show the beauty of the area ,well done 👍
I can relate, mate. I used to hate getting dragged around Pen y Fan and enduring freezing cold nights on Sennybridge. I do it for enjoyment now and totally love the place. Thank you and thanks for watching 👍🏼
Da iawn another great video 👊. I look forward to your future vlog on the beacons way as it's been on my bucket list to do complete in one trip for way too long
Thank you, mate! It's been on my list for a while too, I'm looking forward to doing it.
Yup.... Outstanding video bro😎👌😉🖤
Thank you, mate! 🙏🏼
That was a fantastic watch. 👌👌
Thanks, Claire 🙂
Loved that vid mate. That’s the life, stir fry, beer, whisky, Toby, beautiful. But where’s the emergency flask? 😂. Drone footage is top class, especially over such an interesting location. Thanks for sharing. ATB Serk
Thanks for the compliments, mate, and thanks for watching! I left the emergency flask behind on this camp, but it will be with me on the Beacons Way 😉
Ive just watched this again to show my Mrs, looks like a great place to camp. Watching your videos the last few weeks has made me dust my rucksack off. Didn't camp at all in 2023 but, your videos have given me the bug again. Thanks 👍
Thanks, mate, glad you're enjoying them and it's nice to hear they've inspired you to get back out. Yes, this spot was incredible, I'd probably put it in my top 10 favourite camping spots. We'll have to get out on a camp in the summer, mate 👍🏼
@@wildaboutwales yeah I'm up for that be good mate.
Another great watch Ryan
Thanks, buddy!
The love and respect you have for the beauty within Wales is replicated on Toby. Amazing channel featuring two top lads. Looking forward to summer content.
Thank you so much, mate, really appreciating the positive comments. ATB, Ryan.
Lovely video, mate! Great work! Glad to see some shots of home without the rain. Toby is such a good boy. Didn't realise he had some Dalmatian in him.
Thank you, buddy! It was nice to have a break from the rain, glad you're enjoying the vids, I'll keep posting plenty of Wales for you. Take it easy, mate!
I am really enjoying your channel, such lovely scenery and calming experiences. Toby is amazing for 12 years old!
Thank you, Amanda! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos, that's nice to hear 🙂
Brilliant mate! Top notch! ATB
Thanks, Gary 👍🏼
Another great video,that dji 2 is fantastic, ive been thinking of getting this one for a while now,nice grub aswell so simple for a good hiking day.
Cheers, mate! It's my first drone and I love it, probably the best toy I've ever owned. It's a nice size to fit in the backpack too.
Your videos are relaxing and well edited - also, I think you have great style in doing wild camping
Thanks very much, that's nice to hear. Diolch!
From one Welsh Wild Camping CZcamsr to another, I really appreciate the effort you put into your edits. Fantastic stuff. Keep it up 👍
Thanks very much, mate, that's good to hear! I've just subbed to your channel, I'll have a nosey when I get a chance. Diolch!
@wildaboutwales cheers fella. Don't bother watching the new video that's going live at 5 tonight. It's just a crappie Temu torch review ( I had to do it as the torches were free from them). 👍
@@boyzinthewood1I’ve just subscribed to you, So once I’ve finished watching this video I will pop over and watch some of yours
@@boyzinthewood1 thanks, mate 👍🏼
Just subscribed to your channel and really enjoying your videos. Keep up the good work 👌
Thanks, Charlene. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. Welcome to the channel, ATB Ryan.
Another good one boy…views are stunning your mate looked content ..I m not far from you (Bath)..my family think I’m a bit odd !, I like to sit in the woods with my thermal NV spotter and watch the wildlife and owls. I’m a pest controller and the best time is to get into the woods an hour before light ..settle down and wait for the woods to wake .. I always know if I and my mate Taboo ( Border terrier) have been light of foot and successful with my concealment I when the roosting pheasant / pigeons crap on my hat 😂🙄😆👍
People think I'm a bit mad too, out camping in all weathers on top of mountains, etc - it's the best way to live if you ask me. Thanks, Alan...and thanks for tuning in 🙌🏼
With such great video, drone footage, music and calming content I was trying to determine why you have so few subscribers (I'm a new one btw); but then I saw that you just started this channel in January. I suspect it will grow quite rapidly.
I enjoy your quiet demeanor, your beautiful scenery, and of course Toby.
I'll be checking in now and again from Pennsylvania, USA
Thank you, it's really nice to hear such positive comments about the channel, I really appreciate it. Welcome to the channel and greetings from Wales 🏴 ATB, Ryan.
WAW! (See what I did there?🙄) Absolutely beautiful. One for my tick list! Looking forward to the Beacons Way hike. I'd love to do a multi day but need a bit more walking with heavy ruck first!
You seem to be much more 'relaxed' about filming yourself, Toby is also getting used to the limelight too!
Lush grub. When's the WAW cookbook available??! Diolch both😊🏴
😂 Thanks very much! Yes, I can't wait to do that hike, I'm really looking forward to it. I may have to set up another channel and start doing cookery lessons. Thanks for watching! 🙂
Fine drone footage of the remains of the Iron Age hill fort.
Thank you, James.
Just discovered your channel mate, looking really good, I know the places where you are so really interesting, good luck, cheers.
Hello, Dean, thanks mate...much appreciated! ATB, Ryan.
What a belting night out, Ryan. Toby looks really fit for his age, that's for sure. You can tell a lot about a bloke by how well he companion is taken care of...... I reckon you're a top man! Great drone shots btw.
Thanks so much, Jack! 🙌🏼 Yes, it was a great camp this one. He's out in all conditions with me, so I've got to spoil the boy and make sure he's as comfy as I am.
That location is amazing. Another video put together really well, enjoyed watching that Ry and looking forward to the Beacons way👍.
Nice one, Glenn, thank you! Yes, I can't wait for the Beacons Way myself, it will be great to get out on a hike. Diolch!
Mate you did well keeping that food in the pan, I would have lost at least a quarter over the side and been picking rice out of the tent for the next few months 😁👍
Ha ha, it was a tricky bit of cooking on that stove, that's for sure. Thanks for watching, mate!
Another cracking video.. Toby is a real gem.. All the best 👍
Cheers, mate! Thanks for watching.
I have been loving your videos from the beginning, thanks for sharing your experience!
May I just give you a friendly suggestion : maybe putting yourself on the video thumbnails, because sometimes it is a bit hard to tell what there are showing. For example the image at 21:10 would be a nice one. Anyway I really love your work and the effort you put in your shots, real artist out here! Thanks again!
Thanks very, much, I'm glad you're enjoying the camps. I will take that on board, CZcams is all new to me so I'm open to good advice. Cheers, Ryan!
COOL VIDEO
Thank you! 🙂
That was a ballsy camp out, mate. For a bet I camped out under Pentre Ifan, a neolithic tomb in the Preseli mountains, Pembrokeshire. Everything went swimmingly until the sun went down and the Preseli ponies started running amok around my camp! After a few cans and a couple of smokes things really got spooky. I swear I heard footsteps and murmers of conversation but every time i poked my head out of my bivvi, nothing there! This repeated itself a number of times throughout the small hours and got too much me and I tapped. Never felt that kind of dread in my life and packing away my gear and the walk out back to my car freaked me out completely! LOL, have you ever had any moments that have freaked you out so much you've had to tap? Loved the video, mate, and you do make some lovely looking dishes even without the meat! Give Toby a pat for me. Cheers
It was a great camp this one, mate, and it was good to tick it off the list. That sounds like a good camp, shame you had to bail. I discovered an awesome Bronze Age cairn in Mid Wales last year, I'm going to camp inside it once the weather's better. I've never had to bail from a camp tbh - I've been in some bad storms, ripped tent, snapped poles, etc, but I've always managed to ride them out. I did camp next to a canal on the outskirts of Glasgow once, I'd just dropped off as the sun set, and I was suddenly awoken by the noise of a canal boat passing by with a rowdy gang of drunken lads on there. As they passed my tent they started shouting abuse and throwing bottles and cans at my tent - they had a shock when I flew out of there and started chasing after their boat throwing their bottles back at them and returning the verbal abuse, ha ha.
@@wildaboutwales I know, mate, I just let my imagination run away with me and the smokes didn't help!! Yeah, it's a great spot and easy to get to, I will try it again when I'm home in the summer and try and win some money back! I didn't know you were from Aberdare, that's where my Nan was from, and she was a no nonsense type of girl who would probably have done the same as you on that canal in Glasgow, LOL! You can take the boy out of Aberdare, init!! Storms, ripped tents and pissed up Glaswegians I can handle but things of a more supernatural nature are a different cuttle of fish, mix that with an over active imagination you have a recipe for absolutely shitting oneself!! I played rugby up in Aberdare back in the early 80's when I was still at school, we won the game but the lads pelted our bus with rocks and glass bottles,LOL, just wondering if you were part of that motely crew! Hope you don't mind me asking, was wondering what regiment you were with, I read you were in the forces on another comments section from one of your earlier videos. My old man was in 26 regiment of the royal artillery and he thought I'd follow him into service as most of my family have a military background. I took the easier option of an electrical apprenticeship! Another overnighter I've been toying with is a night in Twm Sion Canti's cave along the banks of the Towi in Carmarthenshire. Check that one out!
@@thomasdilworth7691 no, I was a quiet lad in the '80s so it wouldn't have been me, lol. Where in Aberdare was your nan from?
I was in the RRW, joined in 89. I will check out that Canti's cave. Thanks, mate.
@@wildaboutwales I couldn't tell you where in Aberdare my Nan was from TBH, she left there after getting her nursing qualifications and worked in a military hospital in Exeter. After the war she settled in Pembroke. A tough woman, no messing with her! Haha, I knew before asking that you'd serve in a Welsh regiment! Cymru am Byth!
Fabulous intro sequence Ryan, your editing is top notch. A hill I have been up quite a few times but have never thought of it as a camp spot although its a great location for sunrise so maybe one day. I am so fed up of the weather. Looking forward to your videos on the Brecon Beacons way. I have the book but have not done it and I don't think my knees can manage long distances these days. Can I ask where in the Beacons you are from - I live in Ebbw Vale but I am thinking yout accent is further west of me. Btw, your are right, Toby is deffo the star of the show. I miss my little jack russell. Just realised today (Feb 26th) is the day he went over the rainbow bridge. Stunning sunrise morning - wondering what gear you use to film apart from the drone? Atb Al
Thanks, Alan, I really appreciate that. I'm an Aberdare boy born and bred, living in Penderyn these days. Sorry to hear your doggo passed away, we become so close to them, I can't even begin to imagine Tobes not by my side. I'm using the GoPro Hero 12 and my Google Pixel 7a phone to film, I've added them in my kit description.
Hi Ryan u tried tilda rice wholegrain, basmati and wild rice in a bag, frys in 3 minutes 😋
Yes, it's very tasty and handy for a quick meal.
Cracking vid mate, nice little set up you have especially with the dog 😊, i he looking forward watching the beqcons way, i was meant to do it last year but things got in the way and didnt end up doing it , my aim was to do it over 4 days, ehats your target? I also love abit of whiskey, my favourite so far is the Japanese whiskey hibiki harmony not cheap but well worth it, last question where abouts you from , im living in tredegar but from.the rhondda , looking forward to more vids keep up the good work 👍👍
Thank you, mate! I'm Aberdare born and bred, living in Penderyn now, so I've got the Beacons on the doorstep. I can't wait to get on the Beacons Way, I hiked the Snowdonia Way last year, which was epic. I'm not going to put a time scale on it tbh, mate. I'm happy to do big miles, but I'll have to think of Toby, so will take it as it comes. I love a bit of Japanese whisky, I haven't had a bottle for a while now - guess I'll have to take one on a camp soon. I'll check out that Harmony, never tried it!
Enjoyed your wild camp. That time lapse was awesome - what were your settings on the GoPro?
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed! I'm using the Hero 12 which has the time/night lapse modes built in. For the time lapse I set it to timewarp mode and for the night lapse I set it to Star Trails (short) mode.
Ever go camping near Heol Fanog?
I haven't, no. Is this the haunted farmhouse?
@@wildaboutwales yup! Kinda cool but too spooky lol
I had to Google it tbh, I will have to check it out. Thanks@@paulmichaels-bw6vt
An inspired camp - a hillfort?
Hello, Mark. Yes, one I've fancied doing for quite a while, it's a wonderful location.
@@wildaboutwales I guess you needed a nudge to do it then? A wonderful location indeed.
Hi mate,doing a wild camp on or around table mountain this weekend,do you no of a safe place to park overnite,i no there are car parks in the crickhowell town but are they 24hr and safe?
Hiya mate, I would say the car park in Crickhowell is safe, but I don't know if they are 24hr, sorry.
There's an Indian restaurant (Red Indigo) on Brecon road, I just looked on Google Maps and they have parking spaces at the front and rear of their building - you could maybe ask them if you can park there for the night.
Another option is, just down the road from the Indian, turn left into Oakfield Drive and there's a few dead end streets there, it's a safe looking quiet area - maybe you could just park in a street there for the night. That's also near the route up to Table Mountain from Gwern-vale. Other than that I don't really know of anywhere.
Good luck and have a good one!
Thanks fot your help mate,enjoy your wknd👍
how ignurt
Why's that, Jimbob?