The Best Day of 2005

Here is my entry for 14th June:-

Merthyr Tydfil. At Mrs.Pugh's site at Grawen Farm. Not cold in the night and slept well. After tea and porridge out at 07:50 and up to the Storey Arms. Into basic jogging kit for another quick go at Pen-y-Fan and Corn Du. Anti-clockwise this time. 08:10-09:15. So that's 1 hour 5 minutes. A bit dissapointed not to break the hour barrier. Difficult to see how I can do better unless I can run up farther! Or follow the new track back down. So that's my eighth trip over Pen-y-Fan these last two weeks. After tea and a bacon roll went back to the Farm for a shower. At 10:50 went the 4 miles into Merthyr Tydfil. Got a haircut. Found an internet place and had a go for an hour. Bought a couple of back-packs from a market stall. Took my stuff back to the van and found a parking ticket stuck to the window! The parking slip had fallen off the dash and into my bag. Went back into town and had a bit of grub. Did not hang about due to the smoke-filled atmosphere! Back at the van wrote a note to the Parking Section of Merthyr Council. Mailed this later. Headed back up to the Storey Arms. This time had a go on the opposite side of the road. Carried the new pack. Up around Fan Fawr and to the trig point beyond. Still windy. Did a bit of map and compass work. 15:10-17:15. About 2 hours. Then headed back into Merthyr. Had to wander around a far amount to find a place for grub. Finally got a couple of sausages and some chips. Not very impressed by Merthyr Tydfil. Better off with Brecon or Abergavenny. Back at Mrs.Pugh's at 19:10. 44 miles in the Rascal today. Text from Mum. She warns of rain tomorrow. Two German motor-cyclists disturbed the peace a bit at about 21:00. But it rained quite heavily during the night, and I almost felt sorry for those guys when I left early the next morning, and headed back up to Monmouth.