3 Peaks Training - Eglwysilan

I wrote in my last posting that I had signed up for the Tenovus 3 Peaks Challenge which about 40 of us at work have signed up for. I'm one of un-fittest of the people who signed up so I've got a real challenge to get fit, and one of the things I'm doing is not stinting on getting up hills and talking camera equipment with me

Last time I wrote about a spectacular  walk in the Brecon Beacons, but I can't always afford the time to drive that far so today I  worked out a route from almost sea level to one of the highest local hills Eglwysilan Mountain

Starting from Upper Boat and heading right up to the summit I was afforded some fine views, and an opportunity to get the justaposition of wonderful landscapes and modern structures

Noormally like most landscape Photographers I'm going out of my way to get these type of things out of my pictures. But for once here they are

Phone lines going into Senghennydd

Power lines topping the skyline

And getting reflected in the pools

The Brecon Beacons in the distance 

After these pictures it bcame hazy and the sky went white which is the bane of all landscape photographs so I increased my speed and headed home

It is nice to be up here again though. I haven't been here since I was Working A Sunset

Another  6.5 miles and 1200 ft climbing for the training

3 Peaks Training - Neuadd Loop

I've not taken many landscape pictures for a while. All my time was taken up with my other project Land Rover Katy

Well as you can read on that blog she passed her MOT which is great news as it is giving me more time to commit to something I've signed up for as a personal challenge

That is the Tenovus 3 Peaks Challenge which about 40 of us at work have signed up for. I'm one of un-fittest of the people who signed up so I've got a real challenge to get fit, and one of the things I'm doing is not stinting on getting up hills and taking camera equipment with me

Recently a group of us took a walk around the Upper Neuadd Reservoir Loop which is a much nicer way to get to the popular peaks of Crybin, Pen y Fan and Corn Ddu

If you pick the right day the views are spectacular as I hope you will agree from this selection

Pen y Fan and Corn Ddu from Cribyn

Pen y Fan and Corn Ddu from Cribyn

Pen y Fan

 Pen y Fan from Corn Ddu- no skill in these next three pictures - it would have been almost impossible to get a bad shot

 Pen y Fan from Corn Ddu

 Pen y Fan from Corn Ddu

 The reservoir from Pen y Fan, This is a 5 shot stitch and I wish I had taken another shot on the left - I'll need to go back and do it as another training walk 

 Pen y Fan and Corn Ddu 

Well that's another 8.5 miles and 2500 ft climbing towards the training regimen

Some things just need to be shared ...

Some things just need to be shared ...

110 not out between the pairof them

And cakes to share