Pen-y-Fan walk - training for the 3 Peaks

Pen-y-Fan Summit 6:45am, Saturday 30th November 2013 - the plan was, I thought, simple; to meet the group from work that were going to attempt the 3 Peaks challenge in 2014 and take them on a "trial" walk around the Pen-y-Fan horseshoe in the Brecon Beacons so that they could experience a little of what it would be like walking the mountains (as none of the group really have previous hill walking experience) and so that I could get a better understanding of both the abilities and fitness levels of the group. Unfortunately due to a myriad of excuses attendance from the work group was far worse than expected but, as the weather was looking good, we decided to carry on anyway and head up the M4 to the car park near to the Neuadd Reservoirs where we'd start our walk around the horseshoe route. Looking up to the Corn Du plateau from the Neuadd reservoir We arrived at the car park just before 9am and I spent a while packing bags and checking kit items and clothing