{"id":64779,"date":"2022-03-18T11:18:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T11:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=64779"},"modified":"2022-03-18T11:18:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T11:18:45","slug":"i-took-my-english-friends-up-pen-y-fan-and-this-is-how-it-went","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/03\/18\/i-took-my-english-friends-up-pen-y-fan-and-this-is-how-it-went\/","title":{"rendered":"I took my English friends up Pen y Fan and this is how it went\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Climbing this mountain is a must when visiting Wales<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LAST weekend, I decided to take my English classmates on a hike to Pen y Fan, one of the highest peaks in the Brecon Beacons.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 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href=\"https:\/\/www.visitwales.com\/things-do\/adventure-and-activities\/walking\/crowning-glory-4-ways-walk-pen-y-fan\"> route one<\/a>, which begins at Pont ar Daf car park and is a 6.4km round trip.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We started our hike at 12.30pm.\u00a0The average time to get to the top is two hours, but we decided to challenge ourselves to complete it in a quicker time.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/PYF-2--1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/PYF-2--1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/PYF-2--300x201.jpg 300w, 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the Beacons \u2013 and this is where the weather began to worsen.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wind got stronger the higher we got, and we witnessed the <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/03\/15\/coastguard-helicopter-rescues-injured-walker-from-pen-y-fan-despite-incredible-wind\/\">Mountain Rescue team airlifting a woman to hospital<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"510\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/PYF-1024x510.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/PYF-1024x510.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/PYF-300x149.jpg 300w, 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