Fresh Air Fanatics

The Brecon Beacons National Park is made up of four distinct upland areas: the Brecon Beacons, the Black Mountains, the Black Mountain and Fforest Fawr.

The Brecon Beacons are the highest range of the group, and are considered the best hills in the southern UK. There are rounded contours of old red sandstone in the central Beacons, giving walking which is open in character, with big skies to complement the big hills.

By contrast, in the south of the Park, there are dazzling outcrops of carboniferous limestone, water-worn to form deep gorges, caves and, most famously of all waterfalls. The most easterly peaks in the Brecon Beacons are the Black Mountains where you’ll find tiny villages and churches set in a rolling green landscape of picturesque hills and valleys. Don’t mistake the area for the Black Mountain however; the Black Mountain (singular) is a spectacular wilderness environment in its own right, but the Black Mountains (plural) are a little less demanding for the laid-back walker.

Peterstone Court makes an ideal base to explore some of the best walks in South Wales.

Other interesting stuff…

Castles

There are many castles to visit in the area in fact Wales has over 600 – so plenty of choice

http://www.castlewales.com/home.html

Red Kite feeding station

Red Kites are fed here every day at 2pm

http://www.redkiteswales.co.uk/

Brecon Mountain Railway

Vintage steam train, a great way to see the Beacons

http://www.breconmountainrailway.co.uk/

Mountainboarding

Nearby mountain boarding centre at good friends of ours called Penpont – beautiful building and also where we buy our vegetables and salads in summer.

http://www.greenman-mountainboard.co.uk/

Historic town of Brecon

Explore the Cathedral town of Brecon

http://www.wiz.to/brecon/

The Crafty Crane

Local craft shop selling British (especially Welsh) made crafts

http://www.thecraftycrane.co.uk

Globe Workshop

Local company that make and restore Fine Globes.

http://www.globeworkshop.co.uk