|
Logged Visits (
270 total. Visit the Gallery (99 images)
)
Warning.
Spoilers may be included in the descriptions or links.
Cache find counts are based on the last time the page generated.
|
 November 12 by Dewi o Dre-Gwyr (92 found)
Went looking for this first before doing the others on Pen Y Fan, could not find it,so I carried on with my walk.At the end of the walk I had time to spare before it got dark so I had another look I was just about to give up when I saw a plaque for some one who had died I was looking at that when I spotted something sticking out of the rocks,it was the drawstring for the cammo bag with the cache inside.The co-ords are N51 52 861 W 003 26 638 It is about 5ft below the path,look for the plaque.
[view this log] |  November 3 by BCNorwich (962 found)
A very long search in the cold wet and very strong gusty wind. Now looking at past logs I see I had similar problems to other searchers. The GPS was very erratic and led me over the precipitous eastern slope.
I did get to the two tops but the weather was atrocious.
[view this log]
| October 31 by SirPete (99 found)
#99Nearly at the 100 find. Was out walking in the Welsh Hills with a great group of Couch Surfers who where spending the weekend at the nearby YHA, was not planning on visiting any caches on this trip, but had the new iPhone App and decided to give it a shot, and it worked a treat. Weather was not that great, very windy and wet. No TB in the cache which I was a bit disappointed in, ah well you can always have it your way.
[view this log]
|  October 31 by the butterfly seekers (338 found)
Revisited this cache as we were passing - no sign of the Geocoin
[view this log] | October 28 by BluNoze (24 found)
Jrag hc jvgu OyhAbmr jvsr, OyhAbmr Tvey (ntr 8) naq OyhAbmr Obl (ntr 3), naq qrpvprq abg gb tb sbe gur pnpur nf vg frrzrq n yvggyr fpnel sbe gur yvggyr-haf.Ubjrire jr znqr vg nyy gur jnl hc gb Pbea Qh naq Cra L Sna naq jvyy qrgbhe arkg gvzr! (decrypt)
[view this log]
| October 23 by KWAKAMAN (40 found)
Found this after a 20 minute search and was about to give up. TNLN but signed the log. Weather not the best today so only caught the occasional view ! Thanks for the walk.
[view this log] | October 18 by The Evil Poles (1587 found)
Found after a bit of a search - the coordinates took us about 50ft further down the hill than we needed to be! Cache in good order, TNLNSL. Didn't see the geocoin which it turns out has been missing from here for ages. TFTC!! 
[view this log] | October 17 by halesquad (52 found)
A DNF due to my the GPS being about 50 ft out and was sending me down the huge bank to the east of the cache. Now i have looked at the google image i think i know where it is. DOH!! Ah well i will be back this weekend to find it. Yippee
[view this log] | October 17 by Gee and Dee (15 found)
Lovely sunny autumn day on the hill. Great spot for a cach with great veiws all around you.
[view this log] | October 11 by Mappiman (290 found)
Stiff climb up from the bottom of the resevoir. By the time we made it here, it was blowing a gale and torrential rain with next to no visibility. Found the cahce but it was too wet to attempt signing the log book. Stunning walk - at least it would have been if I could have seen anything! TFTC.
[view this log] | October 8 by taffacre (192 found)
Had a right run around with this one, trying to look unobtrusive whilst walking 100m down then up then down and so on. Such an easy find after though. Spoiler look for ( W.T. EBJYRL ) decrypt.Found today but signed the log with yesterdays date (cheap watch) TNLN TFTC
[view this log] | September 14 by Jaughan (268 found)
This sint a DNF because I could not a GPS signal anywhere near the cache. At the bottom of the trade route down to Storey Arms, I had a perfect signal. Very mysterious. I shall be back.... With two GPSs....
[view this log]
| September 13 by Sat Nav and Tom Tom (188 found)
Another wonderful location. Well worth the effort of getting up to Pen y Fan and Corn Dhu. Just for enough off the beaten track not to attract attention. TFTC
[view this log] | September 12 by berghaus21 (21 found)
My daughter found this one in very good condition on her first mountain hike. Took coin left a few trades. TFTC
[view this log] | September 12 by Millsom (45 found)
Had a quick look but no joy with this one
[view this log] | September 11 by jennimoo (24 found)
Looked for a little while but had to call it a day, especially as gps kept jumping about! Great views though!
[view this log] | August 22 by Hugh Jampton (1826 found)
We thoroughly enjoyed the walk up to the summit of Pen Y Fan, approaching from the North, especially Messie Nessie who was up the hill like a rat up a drainpipe. The only slightly annoying bit was that a couple of hundred yards from the top I fell over, grazed my knee and put a very impressive hole in a new pair of Berghaus trousers. Still, that's par for the course for me! TNLN. Thanks for the cache.
[view this log] | August 22 by Messie Nessie (64 found)
Took a while to find this but it was probably mostly to do with high winds and high levels of exhaustion after an exhilerating walk up the mountain! TFTC
[view this log] | August 9 by climber1958 (4186 found)
Found on a lovely sunny day in the Beacons, muggles galore on the hills today - with sandles, shorts, mini skirts, sun tan cream and picnics - thought we were backon in Blackpool just for a moment. Had to be carefull at cache site so pretended to be having a sandwich. TFTC.
[view this log] | August 6 by Kevin21 (8 found)
Found with 21st West Stafford Scouts on a lovely sunny day in the Brecon Beacons. Took geocoin PCYMMD and left necklace. TFTC
[view this log] | August 1 by Big_Al260 (233 found)
Didnt find this one. I've read through the logs and have found others with Garmin GPS have had problems. I will return with other possible co-ordinates and retry. I enjoyed the hunt but I think I was looking too low down the slope.
[view this log] | July 30 by 0nthetrain (690 found)
What a wonderful day I had on the best day of a wet week. I started out from the parking area in the forest near talybont resevoir. I covered a total of 18 miles taking in 7 peaks including Cribben, PenY Fan, the diving board etc etc. It was an awesome walk, spoiled only by the fact the the tourist hordes had climbed Pen y fan.I bagged 12 caches on the way. Thank you all for the efforts in placing these caches in such wonderful areas. SL, TFC
[view this log] | July 25 by Capt Rico & Crew (71 found)
Lovely day and fantastic views.
TNLN,TFTC
[view this log]
| July 25 by Stokesy (3073 found)
A sad story indeed, enjoyed the cache itself, Anna found this one while I was wandering around like a muppet.T4TC. Stokesy.
[view this log] | July 24 by aerobed (60 found)
After going to the pen y fan mountain top, we did this one as well. Unfortunately the weather was turning bad.
[view this log] | July 18 by lee ford (241 found)
first find on way up from Storey Arms Centre , onward to the summitweather good to us today tftc sl picked up TB no coins ect...as inventory states. [This entry was edited by lee ford on Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 12:50:30 PM.]
[view this log]
| July 12 by Mark Cousins (13 found)
Been meaning to walk up here for ages so finally got up there with paws. Left jet set hammy, bit of a tight squeeze tho so hope hes moved on soon.Retrieved the eclectic penguin, cute coin.
[view this log] | July 10 by Pteroisvolitans (105 found)
Looked around for nearly an hour but didn't find it. Will try it again when next time in Wales.
[view this log] | June 27 by artegall (488 found)
Good co ords , nice hide and touching notes which make this a bit of a special place. Thanks.
[view this log] | June 27 by adrian1957 (203 found)
took a while to find with lots of people sitting admiring the view. took coin and left coin, thank you for the cache
[view this log] | June 21 by Griffo81 & Jax (526 found)
found after a little searching, dropped of coin (no other coins in the cache when i arrived)
[view this log] | June 20 by The Wombles (1044 found)
Easy find of a really good sized cache in this amazing landscape. Geocoin not present. Thanks.
[view this log] | June 19 by Ample and Workshy (539 found)
We (that is Workshy with C and J) parked up in the car park near the Storey Arms Centre and set off up the nearby pathway. Once up on Corn Du we had no difficulty in locating the cache (it was a very quiet day with not many people about).There were no trackables in the cache (the Geocoin in the cache inventory seems to have gone). After visiting Prn y Fan, we returned to the car park via the Tommy Jones Memorial. We would not have gone back this way except for the details given in the cache description. TNLN. TFTC.
[view this log]
| June 9 by redvark (249 found)
My co-ordinates must have been a bit out on this one as I spent a while lifting rocks and searching sheep wallows on the grassy slope by the path, whilst Mrs Redvark and Blue the dog passed down helpful suggestions from her rocky perch. After about 20 minutes I gave up and walked back to where she was sitting - to find she'd been sitting on the blasted thing the whole time !!!!Great Cache - took the TB, but the geocoin is no longer I'm afraid TFTC Ps121.1
[view this log] | June 5 by curlew1 (251 found)
Great walk but hard on the knees.
Took nothing left TB..
TFTC
Curlew1
[view this log] | June 5 by bakersix (296 found)
nice walk.wonderful view small climb up now to get to the top .took Budha TB.left pencil as lead was falling out of one in box
[view this log] | May 30 by feathertop (5949 found)
I was not the only visitor to this cache today and it took me a lot longer to find than I was expecting.
Got there in the end and even though I didn't go to the memorial the views down there were sensational.
thanks
[view this log] | May 30 by gryff (240 found)
Great walk on a fantastic day. Thanks for a great cache and introducing my wife to one of my favourite places. Dropped off Buddha TB, Thank heavens as it was weighing me down. Biggest TB so far. Made the rest of our journey easier.
[view this log] | May 28 by OldBazza (300 found)
Found it with Sebhat on a walk from Storey Arms back to Brecon over the mountains. View could not see a thing until later in the day.
[view this log] | May 28 by sebhat (255 found)
Found this cache with Old Bazza. Great day for a walk but never thought it was going to be as long as it was.
[view this log] | May 24 by Geeraki (562 found)
Knew where to start looking once we got within 90ft of GZ. Nice and easy find of sorts, but those muggles and flies were out in force on a stunning Sunny Sunday. Beautiful views in all directions, so thought it was appropriate to drop off Binos travel bug.
Rooted out of it’s hiding place by Junior Geeraki.
TFTC.
[view this log] | May 24 by Ezitis (402 found)
I've lost count of the number of times I've been on top of Corn Du, but I occasionally like to drop in at this cache, to see how it's doing! Took Eye-Spy Binos TB out to enjoy the view.
[view this log] | May 24 by Rudi Mentry (474 found)
#143
I walked past this with a view to collecting it later. I wrongly assumed the cache would be closer to the obelisk. However great cache site.
[view this log]
| May 23 by SideshowGreep (57 found)
Good walk up to the top. TN.
[view this log] | May 23 by dennisoft (47 found)
Well hidden. Found by Vicky after a 10 minutes search. TFTC. Very nice view. Have dropped antennes Hamburg Geocoin and took Jeep TB
[view this log] | May 16 by Dormouse (53 found)
Nice find after a little hunting around managed to find, wow what a windy day
[view this log] | May 15 by MentallyHill (118 found)
Wahey!
[view this log] | May 15 by Mrfrenchy (223 found)
Oh yes there was a little wind and rain
[view this log] | May 15 by windywetmud (401 found)
'The Survey Boys mountain excursion' A bit dicey reaching out for this in the driving wind and rain.But reach out we did
[view this log] | May 7 by Waysters (783 found)
First of our caches on this mountainous climb. Steffi went for the final retrieval whilst Jane took the first of many 'well-earned' rests! The wind was getting up towards the top and the forecast of gales seemed realistic! On the way down after a couple of other caches we spotted a couple of dug-out shelters which a local informed us were WW2 anti-tank defences. Thanks for bringing us to this amazing location.
[view this log] | May 4 by Fine weather campers (940 found)
Early morning excersion to the top of the fan. Parked at the prefered parking point and overtook an older gent heading up the trail. Passed 2 other people coming down. I thought i was up early!!!! got to the cache site at 07:15 It was chilly at the top but worth the walk as the view was excellent no bad weather here yet. TNLN. T4TC
[view this log] | May 2 by House Of Boo (2072 found)
Logged under the name of Team Awesome in the logbook. This was a brilliant walk if a little bit windy at some of the peaks. Brilliant day for a walk and taking photographs! One of the best walks we've undertaken in ages. TFTC!House Of Boo
[view this log] | May 2 by Cheddar Pink (334 found)
On the mighty horseshoe walk with TGR so called in to locate the Tommy Jones cache. Corrr, it was a mighty wind blowing on the cache side of the ridge so we were all really delighted when Mum made it a quick find.SL and TFTC Cheddar Pink.
[view this log] | May 2 by LucyLocket10 (461 found)
Found with the others from Team Awesome. Didn't make it down to the memorial as it was getting a bit cold and a tad windy!
TFTC - LucyLocket10, siliconwombat and Finn 
[view this log] | May 2 by niknrich (1082 found)
Out caching today under the collective name of Team Awesome, with House of Boo, Welsh Angel, SirClimbsALot, LucyLocket10, Silicon Wombat, Satellite Kid, flying420uk and LordElph - you can see why we chose a team name! We didn't make it down to the memorial as it was very cold and windy by now and we didn't fancy the climb back up! SKid was sat on the cache site when we arrived! TNLN as I was too cold to hang around but thanks for bringing us here.
[view this log] | May 2 by The Great Redmondo (1356 found)
Enjoying a fantastic day out walking the peaks while attending the IV S. Wales Event at Talybont on Usk.
Parked up in one of the car parks at Taf Fechan Forest and started our walk up Tor Glas, then cut slightly cross country up to Fan y Big, then along to Cribyn, Pen y Fan, Corn Du then along Craig Fan Du before making a steep descent back to Neuadd Reservoir and along to the car.What a sad story associated with the cache, I can't imagine a little boy walking this terrain all alone. Despite being a wonderfully sunny day the wind was freezing at the cache site and we were all pleased to have a quick find and briefly admire the views. Loved, loved, loved all of today’s caches. SL and T4TC. Debs, Paul and Cheddar Pink.
[view this log] | May 1 by scottpa100 (1325 found)
The 8th and final cache of the day - I had hoped to get the one to south on the ridge, but the rain had set in now and my car was back at the Tal y Bont dam, my walk back via BBC3 and then down the old railway was going to take me a while (3 blinkin' hours is what it took me!) So it 8 caches it would remain as....A very sad story but even today, these sad and tragic stories still happen. Still - shows you should enjoy life whilst you can - you never know when its going to go! Right - got to go, get back to the car! TFTC!
[view this log] | April 23 by preynish (188 found)
Great views on a bright but windy day. Nice place to have a break out of the wind.TNLNSL TFTC Paul #140
[view this log] | April 15 by domdeath (54 found)
The 1st cache of my Gold Duke of Edinburghs expedition!
Visited on an extremly windy and foggy day but found no problem. Would have been nice to go on a clear day and see more than 20 foot!
Took lizard (whom we nicknamed Lesley after one of our leaders) and left marble (its all we had =[ )
TFTC
[view this log]
| April 14 by swisscrusoe (494 found)
Visited this cache during our visit to the Brecons and a hike up the mountain.
Cache located and no muggles nearby.
Took strawberry shortcake to continue her journey.
Visited the obelisk on our way back
TFTC
Swisscrusoe(251)
[view this log] | April 12 by G and S (23 found)
Found this on a lovely sunny Easter morning.
T: Jessicas coin
L: Toy car
G and S
[view this log] | April 4 by old_git (14 found)
TNLN
[view this log] | April 3 by s14mse (245 found)
Arrived in Brecon at lunchtime at a local caravan site and by 2pm we were climbing up to Pen Y Fan! Lovely day,dry and sunny and not many people around being a Friday.Long slog uphill,always forget how steep it is and should have learnt by now.Took Lord of the Rings coin and left Jessica's coin T4TC
[view this log] | April 2 by Sabbi (526 found)
Found on a very beautiful and sunny day! Took a few minutes to find the box. Great view!IN: 2 x TB TFTC!
[view this log]
| March 22 by mariatom (3 found)
Found on a lovely day today. Very windy up the top and lots of people around but found it ok.
TNLN
[view this log] | March 21 by Stuey (3440 found)
Found this cache on a fabulous 12.5 mile walk up and over Pen y Fan, down the other side, back up to the diving board and Cribyn. In fabulous weather, I think this is the best days walking I've had for many years.Spectacular! My first cache in Powys, thanks. Stuey
[view this log] | March 17 by Stu Mitchell (236 found)
Last but no means least! The final find of a great day out in the hills!!!!! with Stevie M.Nothing in or out.
[view this log] | March 17 by stevie m (1164 found)
Found with Stu M after a nice days walk.
[view this log] | March 16 by balooboat (77 found)
Climbed Pen-y-Fan then discovered we'd not brought the co-ordinates for this cache. Quick phone call to fellow geocacher who had found cache some time ago. Great instructions Pete! This is certainly a cache with a view and a lovely way to remember little Tommy.TNLN. TFTC.
[view this log] | March 13 by Hedgehunters (759 found)
Grabbed on our way off the summit. Great location although freezing rain and painfully cold hands made cache container extraction and opening a most unpleasant process!TFTC
[view this log] | February 19 by sharp's seekers (91 found)
Found this with FowlersFinders while climbing pen y fan!
[view this log] | February 19 by FowlersFinders (121 found)
First cache of four today. A quick day trip from Foy near Ross-on-Wye where we were staying for the week. Fantastic views as a reward for the hike! Shared find with Sharp's Seekers. TFTC.
[view this log] | December 26, 2008 by AL&JDC (539 found)
Didn't have any real trouble with the coords. Lovely walk and turned into nice sunny day. Very cold. TNLNSL , TFTCAL&JDC
[view this log] | December 26, 2008 by jbdb (792 found)
Great Walk...but still in the clouds this early! Lovely cache. TNL our card. Thanx
[view this log] | December 14, 2008 by signyred (1451 found)
The most difficult "one star" cache I have ever found - I searched for around 20 minutes (finding a £20 note frozen into a rocky cleft in the process so I'm not complaining!) because there was no hint. I was giving up and walking back uphill to the path on the ridge when I suddenly spotted the hide. The N co-ordinates are fine but the W are well out and put you half way down the slope. I took 3 readings and they were all W 003 26.664' +/- .001' (ie. the cache is only a few feet below the ridge) All this made me a bit late as I was on the West Brom Mountaineering Club record Xmas Meet (79 members to the hills in 2 coaches) most of whom did the full traverse from Pencelli to the Storey Arms road. It had been a lovely cold sunny day but misty on the two highest tops by the time we got there. We didn't see as many other folk as in previous years so our Santas' sweet sacks remained heavier for longer and our walking gear was not admired as much as usual!
Anyway the cache-hunting made me lose track of time and I was still on Corn Du summit at 4pm when I was supposed to be back at the coach at 4.30! So I gave up the idea of revisiting Tommy's obelisk & took the short way down and, with several sections of jogging, I just about made it down in 30 minutes, only to find that a large party had missed the turn off in the mist and so they didn't get back until about 5.15pm. Silly Santas!!!!
Swopped TB's and pleased to find later that this superb spot was my 750th cache find. Everytime I'm here I hope that little Tommy fell asleep quickly with the cold and didn't have to endure the panic of being alone and lost for too long. TVM4tC.
[view this log]
| December 7, 2008 by cillawithers (46 found)
Out for the day with supercacher brother, splendid day with a few caches thrown in for extra interest.
[view this log] | December 7, 2008 by Aldocandy (2489 found)
Parked up at Llwynbedw and walked up along by Cwm Llwch to the obelisk and after reading about poor Tommy carried on up to Corn Du.
A short detour from the summit and Cilla soon had the cache in hand.
Didn't see TB in cache but left Dolly TB. She should be at home amongst the sheep.
Fantastic day for a walk across the Beacons.
TFTC
[view this log] | December 3, 2008 by morgs4mountains (671 found)
This was the second time that I have been to this cache site. The first time, some months ago, I didn't find the cache. Again, the co-ordinates took me well away from where I eventually found the cache today, and I can see how easily it is not to find this cache. I spread my search out this time and found it quickly.I also saw that I was the first to sign the new log book!!!! Thanks for a great location, which was made better by virtue of the fact that the cloud lifted as I arrived, to reveal Pen y Fan gloriously. I'll attach a photo in due course. TFTC!!!
[view this log]
| December 1, 2008 by fandance (171 found)
My second cache of the day having come up and around the horse shoe route from the Neuadd Res.
Had read in the logs that the log book was soaked so Had planned on only replacing it and a weatherproof bag to protect it. However on finding the cache, it looked like it had been found and played with by a dog or other animal ( there was some dog mess near the cache that I removed) There was no sign of the cahe lid and the box was in a bad way. The inner bag was ripped and torn, the contents waterlogged and ruined.
Log book was soaked right though and it was not possible to dry it out on the hill.
I hope that the cache owner doesn't mind, I removed the cache remains and replaced it with a new box ( had to eat the sandwiches first ) and re-stocked it with some fresh swaps ( Key rings, chemical lights etc.) along with a new cache log book. The replacement cache is a bit smaller than the last one and is covered in a green army stuff sack which I hope will protect it.
I will attempt the dry out the old loj book to save it for return to the cache on my next trip to the Beacons at the end of December.Fandance
[view this log] | September 28, 2008 by The Moor We Hunt... (8870 found)
Our first visit to Corn Du and Pen y Fan. A lovely morning for this climb. Mr GPS took us too far down the side of the hill, which was an interesting scramble, but we soon concluded there was nothing hidden there and made our way carefully back up again. Managed to write our log in the very wet log book before heading for Pen y Fan. SL. TFTC.
[view this log]
| September 21, 2008 by MAD+1 (743 found)
Lovely location for a cache, unfortunately it is very waterlogged, and in need of some TLC.TFTC.
[view this log] | September 20, 2008 by DStillingfleet (49 found)
My son and I found the cache, having looked in a few other places in the near proximity as all we had was a cross on an os map. No GPS. Cache very wet. Did not sign book, did not take anything. Left a toy yellow car.
[view this log] | September 20, 2008 by MrMime (11 found)
Found with the cave troll after stomping around for ages in the wrong place.Everything inside was soaked, but TFTC
[view this log] | September 20, 2008 by The Cave Troll (21 found)
My first cache with a little help from woolmer1968.:) Unfortunatly log book was soaked so could sign.TFTC
[view this log]
| September 20, 2008 by woolmer1968 (55 found)
Drove all the way from london to do the Brecon Beacon Horseshoe. Easy find. dropped off TB. Log book is soaked and unusable. TLC required. TFTC
[view this log] | September 20, 2008 by Pete'n Kirsty (292 found)
Poor old Tommy Jones is looking a bit sad - very, very wet! Too wet even to sign the log book!
Fantastic location though. TNLN. TFTC
[view this log] | August 30, 2008 by fluffysheep (114 found)
Found it, no entry into log as it was soaked through (see separate entry) - needs so some TLC - but a great cache location - thanks!
[view this log] | August 30, 2008 by Polite Engineer (32 found)
Found it, but container needs replacing and contents very wet. Tried writing in the book, but didn't quite work out.
Liked the location, even though couldn't see more than a few metres.
Look forward to finding it again in good weather.
Polite Engineer(& a Police mate).
[view this log] |  August 30, 2008 by fluffysheep (114 found)
Well hidden cache, but thoroughly waterlogged - couldnt even write in the logbook! A new waterproof container is in order I think! Took nothing, left a keyring. TFTC
[view this log] | August 29, 2008 by Nottscacher (1189 found)
Chased by a wild horse immediately prior to getting this. Young Nottcacher had wound it up by whistling at it! Log Book to wet to sign, lid has eroded away could do with maintenance. Took Geocoin. Fantastic place. Wonderful ........
[view this log] | August 29, 2008 by dysdera (1067 found)
Think perhaps an ammo can might be better for this one !!!couldnt see the TB in the cache, co placed a coin.
Thanks for this rather wet one.
[view this log] | August 23, 2008 by smurffy (36 found)
Tried to find this after the Penyfan virtual cache but I accidentally moved the waypoint on the GPS, doh! Looked around a bit in vein but no luck. I'll be back another day:)
smurffy
[view this log] | August 22, 2008 by Kitebuggyboy & Ninkle (460 found)
Found as part of a fabulous walk. As others have said, it's soaked, we could barely write in it.
[view this log]
| August 21, 2008 by flying420uk (449 found)
Sixth cache of the day on an amazing 14 mile walk around the Brecon Beacons. Walked along the ridge from Pen-y-fan and was assured by Satellite Kid that it was definitely the last climb of the day. The box has a very broken lid and all the contents are soaking wet I just managed to scrawl my name on the log book.
TFTC
Jo
[view this log] | August 13, 2008 by Kinkykimbo (1315 found)
Really wet and windy with hardly any visability, not how id hoped it would be but never mind, still found cache ok, box broken and all contents soaked, managed to sign log though, tftc.
[view this log] | August 12, 2008 by nursemike (320 found)
To agree with the above comments, a very damaged box with sodden contents, thanks for the waterproof paper! Lovely day for a walk, though, and a lovely spot for a cache.
[view this log] | August 10, 2008 by mag&kuo (272 found)
Uff, found after 20min in really bad (typical welsh summer :-) weather - rain, strong wind and poor visibility. But we enjoyed the trip very much. Need a new box. TFTC.
In: skrítek, Out: GC
[view this log] | August 7, 2008 by Pie Man (910 found)
I think I must have been just missed The Orchard Family. I tried to sign the waterproof paper left by Johny Cache, but it was just too wet. TFTC.
[view this log]
| August 7, 2008 by Orchard Family (165 found)
The world and his wife were on top of Corn Du + half the British army, so some stealth tactics were required. Stopped for lunch before tackling, Pen Y Fan, Cribyn and Fan Y Big. Dropped off Canada GeocoinTFTC
[view this log] | August 3, 2008 by woodlark (287 found)
Dropped off the back of the group I was walking with to pick up this one. Got really cold up top but the rain held off and the views were fantastic today. The cache is very wet and I had to drain water out of the bag although the log book was dry. Great spot to visit it's been too long since my last visit. TFTC TNLN Woodlark
[view this log] | July 28, 2008 by priestley (183 found)
Fabulous sunny day, second of 4 caches we picked up walking the beacons. Easy find because we have been here before! cache contents is quite damp. Fabulous location. TFTC
[view this log] | July 26, 2008 by PeteHusky (159 found)
Found this on our way back from Pen-y-Fan(tastic) where we were eaten alive by midges in the mist!
Took an age to find it - the GPS was bouncing everywhere - in the end we were looking too low and were practically sitting on it! Fantastic day - in and out of the clouds which kept swirling around the mountain (see pics)- by the time we returned on the muggle track the sun had warmed the land up enough to lift the cloud cover...
Took Paws TB to move on, and left a 3D bit. No other coins or bugs in it and the bag is quite soggy. TFTC!
[view this log]
| July 20, 2008 by little yellow wolf (146 found)
straight forward find this one, but the water has got in and it's looking a little sorry for itself.
[view this log] | July 20, 2008 by Nick_Kat (500 found)
Logged from my phone using the Geocache Navigator by TrimbleTook ages to find this - gps took us to right place-wrong height! Kat had been standing on it all the time! Great view, great place, will come again! Dropped paws tb, took tick coin
Dont remember seeing any other tb's or bugs in this cache! Unlogged visits in (wet) log book!
Tftc
[view this log] | July 13, 2008 by Guess Who? (740 found)
A nice walk up with dad from near the storey arms, an easy find. Wonderful views and a great sunny day. Currently staying in Brecon doing my work experience with the National Park. Container very wet and quite a few muggles around. Took TB and Geocoin, Left Geocoin.
Thanks
Guess Who?
[view this log] | June 9, 2008 by elcaro (548 found)
A nice walk up to the cache, stunning views... Found easilly, coordinates spot on.Cache container is in a poor state and the lid doesn't stay on so cache was full of water and contents rather wet. Drained the water out but imagine it will fill up again soon. Took Cymru am Byth TB
Left Scooby! TB TFTC
[view this log] | June 8, 2008 by Mateh (18 found)
Cache was a bit wet so I did some maintenance.TFTC. TOok TB + Geocoin. Left Cyru Am Byth and WDD 2007 Comm Coin
[view this log] | June 8, 2008 by Exiles (376 found)
Sometimes it just happens like this... After walking the horseshoe from the reservoir (clockwise) we arrived at Corn Du. Mr Exile headed down to the coords, whilst Mrs Exile sat and watched. After 10 minutes fruitless searching Mr asked for some help. Mrs strolled across and immediately retrieved the cache...
The cache is wet, we drained out the water, however the log book is holding up well. We left the Czech geocoin and took my lil hotrod TB
TFTC
[view this log] | May 31, 2008 by servisal (243 found)
17:59 We set out on a walk up to Llyn Cwm Illwch with all the kids, which was particularly lovely. When we got to the lake, the dads (servisal and HMV) discovered you could go all the way up to Pen y Fan from there, so we left the four youngest with the other half of servisal, and took a seven year old up the rest of the way. He chatted all the way up, while we puffed and thought about how much were hurting. Stopped off at the memorial, and then on to the top.
Had a bit of a search for the cache, and were about to give up after a call asking where we were and when we'd get back down, but found it right then.
Very wet and chewed. No sign of the TB which is listed, but dropped off Tinkerbell TB and My Lil Hot Rod TB.
Fantastic spot, and well worth the walk.
TFTC.
[view this log] | May 11, 2008 by The Bouncy Castles (77 found)
Grabbed this one quickly as passing with a walking group.
Definately very eaten & damp. No sign of the TB.
Loved the views.
TNLNSLTFTC
[view this log] | May 11, 2008 by Durrantcachers (122 found)
Cache is quite eaten up and very wet.
[view this log] | May 10, 2008 by Durrantcachers (122 found)
Great walk on the hills with a group of friends. Weather was wonderful. Took a while to find but with patience, a hint from a local geocacher and some help from a friend was successful.
Couldn't find travel bug and decided not to leave one because cache was so wet.
TFTC
[view this log]
| May 10, 2008 by TEAM SEREN (142 found)
Fab day out on the hills today. Cache box is a little worn and contents getting wet. TFTC.
[view this log] | May 3, 2008 by feltonwanderer (512 found)
found this on my way cp tp pen-y fan
on a great day for walking in the hills
cache was a bit wet and half the lid has bee chewed away
sl tftc
[view this log] | April 9, 2008 by Discombob (1593 found)
A lovely day for a hike with my new Cardiff friends. A bit of snow and a bit of sun. Almost couldn't get cache zip open, but managed in the end.
great view up here in the snow.
Left geocoin
[view this log] | March 25, 2008 by fandance (171 found)
Had read that this cache was in need of repair so, as I was going to be passing it today, I planned to swap over the plastic box hoever due to a slip on ice during the walk in I damaged the new box myself ( Doh )Cache is now in a very poor state with the lid cracked and not sealing, inside of cache was frozen solid, so not able to sign log book. As the geo coin was starting to rust I have picked it up and will clean it before dropping it into a new cache in a couple of days Abbi and Fandance [This entry was edited by fandance on Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 12:36:54 AM.]
[view this log] | February 12, 2008 by Radyr Hunters (183 found)
A lovely day but as it was called Tommy jones we assumed it was by the memorial so we walked down to it. Distance started to go up!We then read the sheet properly and realised we were headed in the wrong direction.Took ages to find cache,thought we were going to have to leave but then got lucky.Cache in very poor state and soaking wet.Dropped off labyrinth geocoin.Took nothing
TFTCRadyr Hunters
[view this log] | February 6, 2008 by Cynlais (99 found)
Found on second attempt.
It actually is quite easy, isn't it?
A beautiful clear day with excellent visibility, no snow or ice today.
TFTC.
[view this log] | February 2, 2008 by ctcondor (59 found)
My other half found this one on a day trip to walk up Pen-Y-Fan - the weather was awful and he had a real hard time getting into the cache. He managed to sign the log and I think he left a toy truck in there.
TFTC
[view this log] | December 29, 2007 by STUMPYWILLIAMS (93 found)
What a day. First time walking south wales we had sun, wind rain and snow. the wind was so bad by the cache that it was all i could do to take a photo.I did not sign the log as it was imposible. The cache was full of ice and water.
[view this log] | December 19, 2007 by qrang (8779 found)
The outside box top has now broken and the contents were surrounded by a block of ice. Zip was completely iced up.
Needs new outer box container.
[view this log] | December 19, 2007 by qrang (8779 found)
Walked up on a cold crisp sunny day. Good visibility all round. Cache is in very poor state and contents were so iced up I couldn't log the visit in the notebook.
[view this log] | November 12, 2007 by jandch (555 found)
First find whilst holidaying in the area. A beautiful crisp and frosty start that warmed up as we climbed! Wonderful views for miles around.
TNLN TFTC
[view this log] | November 12, 2007 by theblack (1004 found)
Found on route to Pen Y Fan, Frosty morning made for very clear skies and views for miles. Found cache a little worse for wear, looks like it's been chewed! Swapped coins TFTC
[view this log] | October 26, 2007 by TheGreens (428 found)
This was a tough one to find as the visibility was down to about 10 feet. It was also very cold, luckily I came well equipped TN
L: Geocoin Then off to PenY Fantastic TFTC
[view this log] | October 21, 2007 by RED ALERT (154 found)
Found this while on holiday with mummy, daddy and my sister (aka fashion victim). Sorry I forgot to log at the time. We did climb right to the top. TFTC!
[view this log] | October 21, 2007 by fashion victim (166 found)
Found on holiday with mum and dad and my sister Red Alert. Sorry I didn't get around to logging before but I'm a bit lazy  . I did climb right to the top though. TFTC!
[view this log] | October 21, 2007 by Sussex Leprechauns (2085 found)
fantastic walk up to this cache, started off in bright sunshine, strong wind and low cloudes by the time we got this far. And then the clouds blew clear and we were treated to a magnificent view. Cache was in a poor state so we cleared it out as best we could and replaced container with our lunch box - it should last for a while! Took Shrek TB. SL T4TC
[view this log] | October 20, 2007 by DHJ&P (669 found)
Pat found this cache just off the path – I was well below the track thinking “this is dangerous – who on earth would put a cache here!”
We rescued sleep walking Penguin TB and Master of Caches 2006 Geocache coin.
We agree the cache box is in a poor state, with hindsight, we should have brought a replacement box with us. Maybe the next finder could oblige?
Thanks for the excuse to come back to this area. Pen y fan calls next!
Pat and Dave
[view this log]
| October 19, 2007 by Cynlais (99 found)
Quite annoying, as everyone else seems to find it quite easily. Oh well, had a good walk anyway, on a clear day with terrific views. Took the recommended circular walk around past the monument. I never knew it was there, though I've been up the mountain several times.
Will return for another look soon.
[view this log] | October 15, 2007 by Mateh (18 found)
Great cache, found quite easily. First time walking up the Brecons, would have been stunning views if it wasn't for all the clouds! ;)Left Sleepwalking Pengiun Travel Bug and Master of Caches 2006 Geocache Coin.
[view this log] | October 8, 2007 by fandance (171 found)
was passing this cache on the weekend and had a Geo Coin to drop off from North Wales.Found Cache box was damaged, at first thought that it had been found by a dog, however when we opened it up a little mouse poped out having been feeding on the contents of the box. Poor bacon TB has taken quite a battering and has been taken to prevent any further damage. Dropped off a geo Coin to replace him.
[view this log]
| October 7, 2007 by chrisyoung (20 found)
Long walk through the cold and mist to an otherwise easy find, had to be patient though with so many muggles around.
Box needs maintenance, something has been nibbling it and its full of junk.
Took geocoin and left two travel bugs
TFTC
Chris
[view this log] | September 22, 2007 by kimbad (83 found)
A very misty wet day. Left bacon TB. TFTCSL
[view this log] | September 13, 2007 by Team Falcon (858 found)
Visiting the Brecons on a lovely day. Plenty of Territorial Army about but we beat them to the summit. After reading about poor Tommy we decided to alter our return trip after visiting Pen-y-Fan. TNLN
[view this log] | September 9, 2007 by Del & Gem (509 found)
We thought we'd lost it only to find we were having our picnic right on top of the cache! Amazing views and packed with muggles as expecting at this favoured Welsh peak.
[view this log] | August 25, 2007 by Dobunnis (2238 found)
We had already planned to climb the Brecon hills today but the hot sunny weather was a bonus. Although the route and peaks were busy we were surprised there were not more people. Great views all around and the cache site was far enough off the top to avoid the attention of muggles while H sat and wrote the log.TNLN, left geocoin, TFTC, Helen and Carolyn
[view this log] | August 18, 2007 by kubulak (791 found)
All day weather: heavy rain and fog, very strong wind, visibility cca 30-50m. Bad signal because of the Clouds and rain.We tryed to find this cache, but it was probably mpossible.
10s-100s posibilities where it could be, 10-100 stones which colud be the cover / hide... Because it was probably my 1st and also last Pen-Y-Fan trip in my life :(, I think the cache should have an additional hint, just for cases such this...
[view this log] | August 17, 2007 by velsatiske (144 found)
Hureeee, found it
On our last day of the holiday in Wales ,this was the final walk to do on the Brecon beacons.It was quit busy on the walk,maybe the good weather had something to do with this...
When we reached the cache spot, there was a heavy wind, which made it not that easy to log....
Stunning vieuws from here!, Sad story, poor Tommy, we walked back and visit the obelisk.Thnx a lot for this great walk !!! OUT TB
IN Spinner ING F1 greetings from Velsatiske and Veerle (Belgium)
[view this log] | August 10, 2007 by felmaith (164 found)
We walked up from Cwm Llwch and so saw hardly anyone 'till we hit the ridge, and then it was Highway City. Nevertheless, we managed to locate the cache unseen, and sat down for "lunch". Lots of goodies inside, but all we did was place the amon TB, and pick up the Yellow Car TB and Herbert the Black Sheep TB, which we'll move on asap. Signed the logbook. TFTC. Thanks for a good excuse to come up here on a special day (see Pen y Fantastic to find out why).
[view this log]
| August 5, 2007 by Andy&Louisa (110 found)
Did this one as part of a long walk taking in Pen-y-Fan and Corn Du. GPS was reading about 20m out at the cache site. Was hoping to come up here on Sat but weather was poor. No problems today though fantastic sunny day. Amazing scenery around here - easily as stunning as anything I've seen in the Lake District.Dropped off "Wheeler Get You There" TB. A&L
[view this log] | August 5, 2007 by Little Ern (266 found)
[Found it at last. I have beaten my nemesis. 4 times to try and get this one. Beaten by weather, technology, ineptitude and finally found it today. And it is not that hard either (if you are at least a little bit fit)! Took nothing and left the Black Sheep (Happy travels Herbert). Lovely day despite predictions. Hundreds of people about but lovely views nonetheless. TVMFTC. JAS.] Vg vf bayl n srj srrg sebz gur Pbea Qh cyngrnh. Qba'g tb gbb sne qbja gur uvyy. (decrypt)
[view this log] | July 30, 2007 by geohound100 (932 found)
Mrs G. very reluctant to climb this high but it was she who found the cache in the end! I was looking at the bottom; Mrs G. admired the view for a bit, took a few steps down and bob's your uncle. Lovely day, lots of hikers, splendiferous views. Thanks for info on poor little Tommy. TFTC
[view this log] | July 29, 2007 by Ezitis (402 found)
Deciding I needed some exercise on a Sunday afternoon, I headed north and started climbing, taking the popular route from Storey Arms. I've found this cache twice before, but this is my first time logging it under my new username.Apparently, kids love to find money in caches (well, who doesn't?). Since all I had in my pocket was a bunch of coins, I left them at the summit. Thanks for the cache and the exercise!
[view this log] | July 25, 2007 by Little Ern (266 found)
Just for a change finished this walk wetter on the inside than the outside. Unfortunately after much searching under rocks had to give up the search. I think a hint or two on this listing would be useful. Cheers, I'll be back.
[view this log]
| July 18, 2007 by fandance (171 found)
Nice spot but supprised that it was so far away from the oblisk.Found the cache after about 20 minutes searching, had to carefull as lots of other walkers were watching. Picked up the geo coin to drop off at another cache and left some mini chemical lights behind. before heading off acroos the peaks towards my next cache Abbi & Fandance
[view this log] | July 18, 2007 by Rhayader_wanderer (163 found)
Definitively easier from below than above, Ive lost track of the times I have been up here but this is the first time I have been specifically looking for this cache TNLN
[view this log]
| July 10, 2007 by Von-Horst (2784 found)
Climbed down from Corn Du, spent 20 minutes looking and gave up in frustration only to stumble across the cache near the path as I climbed back up! Took nothing, left Crakes Rhode Island geocoin. TFT(frustrating)C
[view this log] | July 8, 2007 by steve4pont (326 found)
2nd find of the day after visiting Pen-y-Fantastic. It started off a clear day but just as I left it started to rain! Very quiet at 10.00 am, but I could see loads of people at the bottom making their way up. Took the Dalek TB, left some beads SL TFTC. Steve
[view this log] | June 12, 2007 by Pete Bogg (60 found)
I finished work early today so I thought I would have a trip up to find this cache. Found it after a little searching, excellent place for a cache during the week. I bet there are loadsa muggles at weekends though.Just as I found the cache the clouds were coming in at a fair rate of knots, so sorry for the picture quality. This must be the highest 'actual' cache in Southern Britain as the nearby Pen Y Fan is a virtual. With this in mind I deposited the Dalek TB.
TNSL.
TFTC
[view this log]
| June 11, 2007 by Team Hippo (2410 found)
2 of 5 today. I walked up from the Storey Arms Centre, taking the gentler but far longer path to visit Tommy’s obelisk before the steep climb up to Corn Du and the cache. An easy find in the most likely place, but for me the co-ords and my GPS were conspiring to send me 50 feet further down the hill. The walk up was in glorious sunshine with a good stiff breeze to take the edge off the heat and far-reaching views, but as I was doing the necessary at the cache I watched the thick low cloud rolling in along the ridge from the south west, and within minutes the visibility was below 100 meters and the temperature had dropped considerably. An ample demonstration of how easy it is to get caught out in the mountains if not properly prepared. Poor Tommy….TNLN. Thanks
[view this log] | June 9, 2007 by clanhyde (201 found)
Visited on a muggy Saturday - geokids were showing the strain of high altitude until they got to the top at which point they started bouncing around all over the place. One gave up on finding the cache, but the other headed unerringly for the hiding place. Left mini cooper, took playing cards TFTC
[view this log] | June 1, 2007 by The Hole-in-the-wall Gang (302 found)
The weather was very nice after the recent downpours so the view from the top was fantastic. Found the cache with no problems. Took Pig for Alice and Left $1,000,000 bill. Thanks for placing the cache, John & The Gang
[view this log] | May 28, 2007 by gullscorner (120 found)
nice day for a walk tnln TFTC
[view this log] | May 19, 2007 by the butterfly seekers (338 found)
Our fourth and final cache of the day. Excellent hiding place, although I'm sure the rest of the people out walking must of thought us mad, pretending to eat our pinic on the face of the mountain being assulted by the freezing wind. Still its all part of the fun. Took 8CS #1 TB. All that was left was the long walk home.
[view this log] | May 4, 2007 by Pyoung1s (2398 found)
09:50 with the ground rising sharply half the horizon is lost for GPS reception but perseverence pays off! Dropped off TB 8 CS #1. Found TB Shelby North Carolina USA Diabetes TB in the cache. Many thanks, cache is in good condition.
[view this log] | May 2, 2007 by cillierse (29 found)
late post - sorry. Fantastic views and an easy find. Dropped off Shelby TB
[view this log] | April 22, 2007 by JessopSmythe (50 found)
Not quite a FTF, but still the first entry in a brand new shiny log book :) Not too busy on the "Fan" today but still enough to make it a tricky retreival. TNLN
TFTC
[view this log] | April 7, 2007 by docskell (266 found)
Had good hunt around. even got GPS down to zero but still no luck
[view this log] | March 23, 2007 by morgs4mountains (671 found)
I searched for over an hour and got very cold in the process. The tops were in cloud and a very strong north westerly wind chilled me.
I'll just have to return, but having searched for so long, I'm at a loss to know where to look next!!!
[view this log] | March 16, 2007 by Huwbies (350 found)
Found this one today after a short search. Very windy with the clouds starting to role in, Took T.B.
T4TC
huwbie
[view this log] | March 10, 2007 by SidAndBob (1219 found)
Just passing and dropped by to swap TB's. Lovely day up here today. Pen y Fan was in mist, but everywhere else was fine. It was still reasonably quiet when I got here, though got busier later in the day.
The cache really need a new container. The lid barely seals. It was upside down and just lifting it caused the top to fall off!
Pete and Bob.
[view this log] | February 5, 2007 by loose screw (150 found)
Led bugjunkie to cache but let him claim the find. very wet contents of box but still very enjoyable night.
[view this log] | February 5, 2007 by Bugjunkie (28 found)
Found this cache in a very waterlogged state, surprisingly was still able to fill in the dripping wet log. Loose screw was a bit miffed that he didn't find it first and blamed his dodgy GPS again!!. Unable to do much about the condition of the cache other than replace it upside down and hope it drains naturally. TFTC
[view this log] | January 10, 2007 by pielips (248 found)
Dropped off a TB and geocoin whilst out for a walk in the hills.
Cache container was half full of water, some of which had got into the plastic bag containing the log book, dried out the cache and replaced.
pielips & Noah.
[view this log] | December 30, 2006 by and Sally Too (72 found)
My very first find, found it whilst Daryls dad was looking for it with his GPS!!!
TFTC
[view this log] | December 30, 2006 by daryls dad (285 found)
weather was very wet,windy,cold and low cloud.
We had a great walk and made even beter by finding this Cache, Thanks.
[view this log] | December 25, 2006 by The Flying Boots (1143 found)
We checked the mountain weather forecast before we set off this morning and was told that the cloud base would be at 300 meters but the tips of the mountains would be above the cloud tops at around 700 to 800 meters. How wrong they were, with Pen-y-fan at 886 meters and still in thick cloud.
Parked up to the North in the Cwm Llwych parking area as this is our favourite walk up to the top and not as busy as the Story Arms car park. It also takes us past Llyn Cwm Llwych and the Tommy Jones memorial on the way up.
A lone muggle walker latched himself onto us as he felt it safer to walk to the top in company than alone due to the weather conditions. We hadn't done the geocache when he joined us so we explained geocaching to him and he had fun helping to look. Have we a new convert we wonder?
At the top it was much busier than we expected for a Christmas morning, we were hoping to have the mountain to ourselves. Everyone seemed to wearing silly Christmas hats this morning, us included.
[view this log]
| December 4, 2006 by Bulgybelly (106 found)
Found as a group with UK flying pigs. Good walk despite strong winds and rain.
[view this log] | December 4, 2006 by uk flying pigs (246 found)
Group of us found this today..Great day out but saw little of the Welsh hillsides due to low cloud!! Took Jeep TB
[view this log] | November 9, 2006 by foggysbaggers (188 found)
Out for a stroll with Muttley and Me taking the Park Ranger out for his Birthday. Great little cache and think maybe we have roused a bit of interest from "Old Parkey"
TNLNSL T4TC
[view this log] | November 6, 2006 by Teasel (319 found)
Jayne found this easily, but rather than tell me, she quietly sat down and watched me scramble around the hillside checking all the other places it could be! Grump! TNLN, thanks wjrs5!
[view this log] | November 4, 2006 by exscout (50 found)
Exscout and Patrick found the cache along with his exscouts Johnathan,Tom and James. Weather clear, some tremendous views. Took two travel bugs will leave in Snowdonia shortly. Good cache, thanks.
[view this log] | November 2, 2006 by Mazza and Tina (139 found)
Found on another great trip organised by Nick of 'Nick and Ali' fame. Dropped of the little angry bug. Took nothing. We had the most fantastic weather!
P.S. V. jealous of the stone age Map60CSx he found.
[view this log] | November 2, 2006 by Nick & Ali (717 found)
1. Found today on a jaunt in the Brecon Beacons with Maz and others. Sunny all day amazingly enough, but a bit nippy in places. Took the Geocoin and left two bugs and a green jeep. Thanks Nick (& Ali) PS - found a stone age GPSr close by.......
[view this log]
| November 1, 2006 by Little Hedgehog (169 found)
Found this cache together with my family, opus100. Really liked the walk up the hill ... You can see me on the picture with my aunt. TFTC!Little hedgehog
[view this log]
| November 1, 2006 by opus100 (607 found)
We found this an intriguing cache, particularly because of the story of Tommy Jones. Wondered why someone would let a 5-year-old child wander off on his own. Once home, we looked up the story of Tommy Jones on the internet and found out that Tommy initially went with his cousin to his grandparents' farm and after he became frightened of the shadows, was sent back by the 13-year-old to Login. Tommy never arrived there, because he got lost and accidentally took a footpath up the hill. Very tragic story.Thanks very much for this special cache! Took Irish honeymoon TB and left Al's Leprechaun Geocoin. Opus100 D++ #109
[view this log]
| October 23, 2006 by The Anti-Pesto SWAT Team (28 found)
On a beautiful day we did this cache.
We dropped of Ferkel the Pig Travel Bug and Duncan's San Diego Geocoin.
The cache was a bit wet and there was a lot of rubbish in the box Greetings from the Netherlands!
[view this log] | October 23, 2006 by SidAndBob (1219 found)
Forgot to drop TB. Picked up 2 TB's which have not been booked in yet. One of them has come from my own cache "Looking for Linda", via A Canadian Memory. I'm almost tempted to put it back there. Will wait a while for TB's to be logged in before I move them on.
[view this log] | October 23, 2006 by SidAndBob (1219 found)
Our first of six today and a great start it was. We loved this climb and were lucky to have great views as well. Started looking at the co-ords with no luck so checked the past logs (paperless caching is great) and saw that co-ords are 40 feet off, so went another 40 feet the wrong way. Anyway, eventually scrambled back to the top to find easily in an obvious spot we hadn't bothered to check on the way down as it was not near the co-ords.
Swapped TB's.
Thanks for dragging us up this brilliant hill.
Pete & Bob.
[view this log]
| October 14, 2006 by spanna (132 found)
Easy find but no view as fog
[view this log] | September 24, 2006 by rustneversleeps (164 found)
Lots of people on the hill today, there was some kind of organized charity walk. Watched a superb display of flying a remote control airplane from the top of Corn Du. The GPS wasn't so accurate today, it put us 12m away from the cache. We must have walked up and down the steep slope several times before we located it, in the most obvious of places of course. Traded "SIMMply the Best" TB for "Frigid the Penguin". On to the summit nearby Virtual.
[view this log] | September 11, 2006 by walk tall (2811 found)
Took a little bit of a search to find. Another good day for a walk in the Brecons, great location.
Left Penguin TB, took geocoin.
[view this log] | September 8, 2006 by JUSTHEJOB (690 found)
13.20 Found cache no probs on return from Pen y Fantastic, lovely day clear for miles, log book a little damp sat her for awhile to take in the view. great location. Thanks
justhejob + Bryn
[view this log] | August 26, 2006 by sniffadogz (2510 found)
First of the day and an enjoyable & bracing walk up on a damp and windy day. Visibility was poor, so the views were non-existant and the wind was quite stong and laced with rain at the cache site so I didn't keep it open too long. Dropped off Where is Joe Merchant TB.
TFTC.
PS. Phileas Fogg TB and Gribbin GC are not in the cache having been collected a few days ago.
[view this log] | August 22, 2006 by Skailey Skramblers (407 found)
Found in cloud by Dadda Skailey Skrambler, rest of family and borrowed dog recovering on the flat after THAT climb - the highest the kids have ever been. Took EU Geo Coin & Phileas Fogg TB left bird brooch & bling bracelet.Too cold to continue to Pen y Fan, but 30 mins later when half way down the cloud had lifted and would probably have been ok - typical British weather! TFTC
[view this log] | August 14, 2006 by priestley (183 found)
One of my favourite caches, visited on our Summer holidays in the Brecons. Bit misty but otherwise lovely day. Droppeds off two travel bugs, brought from Sussex!
[view this log] | August 5, 2006 by kph100 (379 found)
Found in the mist enroute to Pen Y fan.
Dont be misled into thinking that this is near to Tommy Jones memorial.
Eeyore TB was taken on 3/8.
The box is a little damp, as you would expect i guess.
TNLN.
TFTC.
KPH100.
[view this log] | August 3, 2006 by lara4 (21 found)
nice easy find took the travel bug on to new pastures eeyore no 592225, weather was great nice sunny and warm unlike last time we climbed this route in the snow!
lara 4
[view this log]
| July 29, 2006 by Hyperdog (135 found)
Found this one easily with my boyfriend Gary Box in the driving rain! I put in my usual smiley-face sticker, a pack of novelty erasers, and dropped off Eeyore TB.. at last!! Poor little guy has been stuck with me for weeks, due to not being able to find a decent-sized cache until now. TN, TFTC!!
[view this log] | July 29, 2006 by Gary Box (127 found)
My girlfriend (Hyperdog) and I found this cache on a walk with our hiking group, Heathrow Hikers. The weather was dreadful but we found the cache without any problems. I took Geocoin and left nothing. Hyperdog will log her own visit too.TFTC Gary
[view this log] | July 22, 2006 by gisaclue (598 found)
Mrs G found the cache before Mr G had chance to say it won't be far off. Super day out walking the horseshoe from the Neuadd reservoirs temperatures well into the 80s and Pen Y Fan swarming with walkers. Left geocoin to carry on its rambles around the world. TFTC. Great.
[view this log] | July 16, 2006 by The Horsey Hunters (40 found)
Moved back to Wales after 11 years last week and thought I would mark this great event with a walk up the Beacons with my daughter and brother and why not do a cache while up there? Today was such a beautiful day and visibility from the top was spectacular. It's great to be back! Thanks for the Cache. Took a small compass left some foreign coins. The Horsey Hunters
[view this log] | July 4, 2006 by Satellite Kid (1438 found)
Back again?!?! Had to come back with a camera that worked to do Pen y Fantastic so stopped off here on the way and couldn't help signing the log to prove that its twice in 4 days!
Cheers
Jon Leyshon
[view this log] | July 1, 2006 by Lady&TheTramper (104 found)
Great location - took the hard way up from the north. Quite a climb up to the peak from the obelisk. As with previous cachers - about 40ft out on the GPS reading. TNLN
[view this log] | June 30, 2006 by dizzyfish (9 found)
Climbed cribyn, fan y big, and pen y fan - my friend Matt found the geocache - his first ! Fantastic weather, great views and a pack of haribo starmix sweets - it doesn't get much better ! Took nothing left nothing. Dizzyfish
[view this log] | June 30, 2006 by Satellite Kid (1438 found)
Got up here at 7.50am and it was my second cache of the day. Helped some lost orienteers at the top and directed them on their way before locating the cache. Nice easy find. Left the obelisk for the way back from Pen y Fan and payed my respects to Tommy, poor lad. Fantastic views all round, not too many people up here this morning, bit overcast at first but soon cleared up. Headed over to Pen y Fan after. and then back to the layby via the obelisk.
Took the geocoin LNSL
Cheers
Jon Leyshon
[view this log]
| June 22, 2006 by SL&A (514 found)
Thought we would take in this cache on the way back down from "pen y fantastic". However, found out it ws a great way to have an arguement with the wife! It was very very very windy and we could not speak normally. She insisted that the cache was at the obelisk! But the GPS told me otherwise. After a shouting match in a gale, we stopped, found the cache, and then "after" went to visit the obelisk. A great walk on a sunny day.Left: "Where is Joe Merchant" geocoin
Took: "Daphne the dolphin" travel bug TFTC "SL&A" but no "A" as she was on a school trip!
[view this log]
| June 17, 2006 by Dory&Nemo (92 found)
There is a bit of a story to this one! Last weekend Nemo's (mad!!) husband took part in the Welsh 3 peaks challenge in aid of Ty Hafan (a children's hospice charity). The challenge involves climbing the highest mountains in North, Mid and South Wales all in one day. So a team of 8 and 2 drivers set out at 4:00 am last Saturday to climb Snowdon. By 8:30 they were back at the car. Then a drive to Cadair Idris for that climb. You may remember it was HOT last weekend - far too hot for climbing such a challenging mountain. All went Ok until the way back down the extremely rocky path when a couple of slips resulted in a twisted knee for Nemo's husband. This meant that the team driver had to do the Pen Y Fan bit of the challenge instead. The knee has now recovered, so this weekend Nemo's husband was determined to finish the challenge. We (and Squirt) went with him for moral support. And he did it (with Squirt)! However, it was really hot again today and we didn't manage the top of Pen Y Fan, but stopped climbing once we'd reached this cache. It had given us the incentive to at least reach the top of Corn Du. Views, as ever, are spectacular from here! Thought this was a good place to set loose our travel bug 'Daphne the Doplhin'. Many thanks for the cache Dory and Nemo [This entry was edited by Dory&Nemo on Sunday, June 18, 2006 at 3:21:29 PM.]
[view this log]
| June 17, 2006 by Squirt 1 (34 found)
Second cache of the day - on the way up to Pen Y Fan. Found quite easily. (Did this with Dory, Aunty Nemo and Uncle Nimrod.) Had Fun! TNLN TFTC Squirt 1
[view this log] | June 11, 2006 by The Gecko's (926 found)
Found the cache this morning along with Pen Y Fantastic. I was with some non caching friends who were a bit puzzled by it all :-)I switched on my GPS and the distance read 95ft, I walked that down to 45ft and there was the cache. This was possibly my easiest find ever. Took and left nothing. After completing the cache we calked on up to Corn Du and then to Pen Y Fan. The views were disappointing with visibility down to about 100ft but it did clear a lot on the way down. We walked back past the Tommy Jones obelisk and I will upload some photos from here later. Thanks for placing the cache. Dave - The Gecko's
[view this log]
| June 7, 2006 by herne2 and Cara the Geodog (367 found)
Wonderful morning and dog and I out before things warm up a bit. Only one other person at Pen y Fan and nobody at all at Corn Du. Picked up a travel bug from the cache that should have been somewhere else so I'll drop it and pick it up again from here if I can do that. Many many thanks for a wonderful cache.
[view this log] | June 4, 2006 by webtime (4 found)
found this one after a lovely walk from cwm llwch on the way up pen y fan lovely day an excellent walk took rodney reindeer tb and map measurer left compass keyring
[view this log] | May 29, 2006 by MagorGirl&AstronomerDave (400 found)
Found this one on a cold and windy day, but with great views every so often when the cloud lifted. Typical bank holiday weather!! Couldn't find it at first as we were looking too far down, almost gave up but saw it on the climb back up.Found it at N51 52.861, W3 26.640 (About 45 ft away from published coordinates) Dropped off Rodney the Reindeer TB
Took nothing TFTC
[view this log] | May 5, 2006 by Bechgyn Cilmeri (69 found)
Got this one after the virtual on PyF on a beautiful spring miiday, trying to avoid the many muggles. GPS was a bit off and hunted too low for a while, only finding it when I was reascending to the summit path to run back down in time for afternoon lessons - made it with 5 mins to spare!
TNLN and TFTC
Bechgyn Cilmeri - the senior one only.
[view this log] | April 17, 2006 by The Hancock Clan (2654 found)
Wow - what a windy place!!! Found this one en route to the nearby virtual. Very busy today but out of muggle's view thankfully.
Took TB, thanks,
The Hancock Clan
[view this log] | April 15, 2006 by boshkin (272 found)
We ascended from Neuadd reservoir, a walk we have done many time before. As we approached the cache site, we wondered how we were going to locate and retrieve it with muggles watching. It was our lucky day, a quick find by The Pickle, timed with a muggle lull. Picked up Cadair Idris TB, and dropped off Mr Wonderful TB.
TFTC, The Boshkins and The Pickle.
[view this log] | April 14, 2006 by drchem (21 found)
Found with surferdave and geomunch...soooo windy. A great walk though and nice to get the cache after missing out a couple of days ago.TNLN
TFTC
drchem
[view this log] | April 14, 2006 by Surferdave and Geomunch (342 found)
A nice walk on a perfect day for hill walking. Busy around here today but cache site quiet.
I recommend the ascent from Cwm-llwch farm for a scenic view.
Found by surferdave.
T: Post it notes
L: Dash (Incredibles) hologram
Dropped off Cadair Idris TB
T4TC
Surferdave and geomunch (with drchem)
[view this log]
| April 7, 2006 by pielips (248 found)
Thought i had found this one with ease, but no it was a memorial plaque to John G Rowley. Still a few minuites later i had found it.Placed a pack of postit lables in cach and removed the TB Fan-Tastic Cooler.will place the TB in a new location in the next few days.
A wind afternoon ,enjoyed every minuite.
TFTC Pielips
[view this log] | March 11, 2006 by exscout (50 found)
Exscout,Ian, Carol,Olive and Patrick after a steady walk up, Found the cache at 11.10Hrs. Weather was Fresh with intermitent clear views and low cloud obscuring everthing. Took nothing left a spring clip. Good cache.
[view this log] | February 4, 2006 by Jules et Jim (143 found)
On the way to Pen y Fantastic, good job we had the GPS in the mist, what a great place to have a cache. Thanks[This entry was edited by Jules et Jim on Sunday, February 05, 2006 at 1:00:18 PM.]
[view this log] | January 22, 2006 by SimonC_Here (273 found)
Found this after walking past it a few times. Coords seemed to point to a place a good 15m out into space! Used Andy1120's in the end.Great views up there blue skys and sunshine.
Dropped off Charlie Chipmonk TB who wants to visit all the national parks, this is his first one. Picked up Bois de Belleau and 'DUBBER' to move them back to Oxfordshire. T4TC Simon
[view this log] | January 4, 2006 by Andy1120 (3 found)
Pubfr guvf pnpur nf zl svefg bar, nf V oryvrirq vg gb or n tbbq vagebqhpgvba gb Trbpnpuvat. Orvat irel snzvyne jvgu gur nern, V fgvyy sbhaq vg qvssvphyg gb ybpngr gur pnpur, (znlor zl TCF, Tnezva Ivfgn; JNFF ranoyrq, jnf fyvtugyl bss ohg V qvq svaq nabgure ybbxre frnepuvat jurer V gubhtug vg gb or, ur nyfb unq n Tnezva. V znqr gur TE nf FB 00702 21266, fb vs hfvat n Tnezva naq univat qvssvphygyl whfg gel guvf bar). Bgure guna gung, unq n terng qnl, jrngure jnf nf cerqvpgrq sbe guvf gvzr bs lrne, PUNATRNOYR!!!! Zl qbt ybirq gur jnyx naq jura ba uvf srrg vf abj jnyxvat nebhaq n ovg fgvss. GAYA. Znal gunaxf (decrypt)
[view this log]
| January 4, 2006 by KMH (110 found)
Second cache for today. The weather had closed in a little and I was in the cloud as I walked over the mountain. There was a bitterly cold easterly wind up there ice crystals were forming on the grass as a result. Approached the area to find another geocacher searching around. As it turned out it was there first ever cache and despite some wild readings from both gps units, he managed to find it. Left a couple of TB's, took nothing. SL for both of us
[view this log] | January 1, 2006 by mcquetta (46 found)
Stopped off to try to find the cache whilst walking up Pen y Fan with friends to clear away the cobwebs on a cold and windy New Year's Day, but was unsuccesful. I had read the clue but not the logs - a read of logs beforehand might have helped, as well as looking at some of the photos, which I also hadn't done. Looked fruitlessly for a few minutes, but as it was cold, windy and slippery, and friends were waiting for me, I gave up fairly rapidly. Maybe one to save for the summer months.
[view this log] | October 22, 2005 by exscout (50 found)
exscout michael and dariiz took travel bug little mauli left a polish coin
[view this log] | October 16, 2005 by Loz&Bib (544 found)
We spent a lot of time trying to find this one with no luck. The conditions were fine and we checked a large area around the GPS fix. Never mind it was a good excuse for a good walk.
[view this log] | September 23, 2005 by topper b (572 found)
On our way to Cardiff from Snowdonia Picked up a TB in Lanzarote and have exchanged it with King Kermit TB. The cloud was down so did not get much of a view. GPS reading smack on. Good one.
[view this log] | September 23, 2005 by Wadders (4050 found)
dropping off a travel bug.Wadders
[view this log] | September 10, 2005 by monno2 (2 found)
Was on route to top of Pen-Y-Fan for a Charity walk when we stopped here to try and find Tommy.However the cloud was very low and we only had a few meters visability so could not see a thing, including each other most of the time.! Also very heay rain and was very slippey. Spent some time spirling out from WP but gave up in the end. Gob bless GPS or we would have never found our way down! Paul :o)
[view this log] | August 26, 2005 by Woodbury Walker (3083 found)
It was cold and very windy but we found the cache ok and at that time there wasn’t many people about. We took the only travel bug in the box? And left a travel bug.On the way down it poured with rain and we both got soaked. Good job we were on the way home and had dry clothes to change into. Just wished we had had a clearer day as the views must be stunning! Thanks for taking us to the top of a great walk.
[view this log]
| August 24, 2005 by Taz&Tigger (91 found)
Taz found this whilst Tigger works hard ;)Not a good day cloud very low without lots of rain and gale force winds. Found this 15m away from the published co-ordinates but in an obvious location! Took batteries and left a map measurer and Marilyn Hills Travel bug. Cache was in good condition. TFTC
[view this log] | August 20, 2005 by The Runners (90 found)
Fairly easy find on the side of a nice mountain on a great day; what could be better?TNLN Richard & Meg
[view this log] | August 17, 2005 by priestley (183 found)
Revisited on a beautiful day walking across all the beacons. Left TB 482885 (Corsair) and took TB 49440 (spanner)
[view this log] | August 17, 2005 by The Wildleys (323 found)
I (Simon) went out for a bit of a photographic expedition last night with two of my friends. We took the route up from Storey Arms, but decided to descend down to the forest. On the way past the cache location, I said, "There's a geocache just by there," and my friends said, "Where? Show us!" So I did.And I found a pair of travel bugs (F4U-1D Corsair and Civility), which I swapped for a pair of AA batteries. (Luckily, I had confidence that the pair in my Maglight were still good for the journey down, as it was dark by this time!) Civility was listed as being in this cache, but F4U-1D Corsair was not (so I grabbed it). But there was no sign of A.L.F. or The Spanner Bug, which were also meant to be here.
[view this log]
| August 14, 2005 by priestley (183 found)
Walked with the family up from near Storey Arms. Lovely spot and easy to find. Forgot to bring anything for the cache, so left some stamps and took TB 475738
[view this log] | July 14, 2005 by MarcoXono (477 found)
A joint expedition with Jon (The Dewdrops).
Came here from pen y fanastic, so thankfully it was mostly downhill (especially the last bit!)
Searched a few possible hiding places before finding the cache. Glad I didn't blindly follow the arrow, as this would have meant a steep climb back to the actual cache location.
Great place, great views!
Took: Nothing
Left: Calling Card, A.L.F. TB
TFTC
[view this log]
| July 14, 2005 by Mr.Dewdrop (6175 found)
Came here from pen y fantastic with MarcoXono.
Luckily there were only a couple of muggles about, and they were more interested in the cairn than hanging around the cache site.
Took a few minutes to locate - had to be careful with footing in the immediate area - it's quite steep!
1300 hrs - Located the cache, and a sorry state it was in too
The cache lid was not on properly - the log was damp, and the cache contents smelled.
I removed some of the old tat in the cache, cleaned the inside of the container with a wipe and removed the plastic bag the container was in, which served no purpose.
Left some felt tip pens and 2 TB's, TNSL.
I wish I had more to leave in the cache!
Maybe the next visitors can bring loads of new goodies to leave in the cache - it deserves it 
This has to be though, one of my favourite all time caches!
TFTC
Jon
[view this log]
| July 13, 2005 by FallRiverFoursome (2226 found)
Found the cache without any trouble after a very invigorating hike. Cache could use some TLC. Cache lid was cracked and the plastic bag was 'holey'. Took Geocoins and the TB. Left Pennies and a Canadian Loonie. We built an Inukshuk and had a picnic nearby. Enjoyed the view and the jets going by. Fantastic spot!!!!! [This entry was edited by FallRiverFoursome on Wednesday, July 20, 2005 at 4:40:23 PM.] [This entry was edited by FallRiverFoursome on Wednesday, July 20, 2005 at 4:40:54 PM.]
[view this log]
| July 10, 2005 by Metaphor (401 found)
Logging in and out two travel bugs, Roma Hoob and White Jeep, "Bob"...
[view this log]
| July 10, 2005 by Metaphor (401 found)
I returned to see what was hidden in the nasty weather on my climb last July. Very nice -- I'll add some pictures later when I return to the US. I left a Groundspeak geocoin going around the worl east, and a Canadian geocoin -- I also had a travel bug accumulating miles and a white jeep which will return to the states with me -- I'll log those in and out when I get home Took a TB... Thanks
[view this log] | July 9, 2005 by Neil Pugh (54 found)
Found the cache easily enough. We walked up from Cwm Llwch and took in the summits of Corn Du and Pen y Fan, descending via Cefn Cwm Llwch.Hot as hell, but a good walk! Thanks
Harry (who managed the GPS), Jack, Andy, Dick, Cod, Bryan, Rog, Neil & the dogs Poppy & Whiz.
[view this log]
| May 30, 2005 by Becksbeare & Co (252 found)
What a view! Last of three caches for the day. TNLN, thanks for the cache. Cache was a bit damp... tried to make sure it was all sealed OK.
Becksbeare & Co
[view this log] | May 29, 2005 by Pharisee (1883 found)
This one needed to be a bit special. I’ve climbed Pen Y Fan a time or two in the past but I’d always used the ‘Trade Route’, starting from the car park just up the road from the Storey Arms on the A470. This time I wanted to make a circular walk of it so I tackled it from the north. I parked up in the car park at SO 02483 24845 at 04:30 this morning, just as it was getting light. Knowing how unpredictable the weather is on this hill, my rucksack contained all I might conceivably need so was a might heavier than usual I walked the couple of miles along the lanes to the other car park at the northern end of Cwm Llwch and from there, climbed up onto the ridge above Llyn Cwm Llwch and on to the Tommy Jones Memorial. One wonders just why a 5 year old was out on his own in the first place. Very sad... From there I carried on up the cache site at Corn Du. I spotted the cache from quite away off, the white carrier bag being very obvious and not hidden in any way. I dropped off a couple of travel bugs and re-hid the box so that it couldn’t be spotted by the casual ‘passer-by’. The log book is damp and going a bit mouldy but is still just about serviceable. It was about 06:45 now and the cloud that had covered the hill top just started to lift giving me an excellent panorama in the early morning sunshine. I had the place completely to myself, not another soul in sight anywhere. Wonderful. I sat on a flat rock and drank a bottle of ‘Circle Master’ that I’d bought for the occasion  It’s so peaceful up there before all the tourists arrive.
I carried on to the cairn at Pen Y Fan summit and then back to the car along the Cefn Cwn Llwch ridge. I was almost back to the car park before I crossed paths with the first of the days ‘climbers’. We chatted briefly about conditions at the top (as one does) and carried on to the car having covered about 8 miles. What better way is there to spend a few hours early on a summer morning?
Why did it need to be a bit special... ? It was my 1000th cache
[view this log]
| May 15, 2005 by Pedro_Alvares_Cabral (18 found)
This place is amazing. Like those green-grass mountains, quite different from that I’m used to in Portugal (rocks, rocks and sometimes even more rocks). Real nice walk to Corn Du, Pen Y Fan and Cribyn.
Take BCB TB for a ride and find new friends. I will post a photo as soon he rides a bike.
I and N’Ping signed the logbook, take some coins and leave fluorescent tri-colour marker.
Thanks wjrs5
[view this log] | April 30, 2005 by timandvicky3 (36 found)
Found the cache nice and easily after a rather steep ascent. Monika,Toine,Tim, Vicky and Josh the dog enjoyed the trip up and the fantastic views - shame about Toine and Vicky's sunburn!!!!Left the Biker Club TB and took Back Pack TB - plan to get the camera developed and add pics to the relevant site and send the cute little bug on its way again!!! Nice cache.
[view this log] | April 29, 2005 by nobby.nobbs (956 found)
hi can the next cacher retreive my tb the back pack camera? and then email me cheers.
[view this log] | April 9, 2005 by The Washers (5074 found)
found without much problem using the updated co-ords although did go round side of hill before realising it was a lot nearer the actual path!! (bit of a scramble)box was ice covererd and fingers cold so hard to open!! great spot though. ron ian bryn. tnln
[view this log]
| April 2, 2005 by Superted (1067 found)
Found without too much trouble using the coordinates posted by the previous visitor. The Beacons were looking great today – the first time I have been up here for 25 years and it used to be the mountains we came to all the time in my youth. Today I walked the horseshoe starting at Taff Fechan and taking in the four peaks. Left the Camera Back Pack TB to go on another adventure and took the J2 TB and geocoin.
TFTC Superted
[view this log] | March 25, 2005 by squirrel chasers (20 found)
Great Day for a walk in the BeaconsThis was a really nice cache but, The co ordinates really must be changed! The GPS reads very accurately in this location so there is no excuse for it being 48.5 ft out of position.
The current co-ords are down an extremely steep bank and can be quite dangerous. The actual co-ordinates are... N 51°52.863 W003°26.640 I sound quite annoyed about the position being wrong, but actually its the fact i had walked right by it at the top of the mountain, i looked like a complete fool trying to disguise myself from fellow walkers on the side of a bare mountain, were actually sat right on top of the cache and found it in 2 seconds when deciding to help me!!! ;-) Took Nothing and left J2 TB and UK Hitch-hiker Geo coin. [This entry was edited by squirrel chasers on Friday, January 23, 2009 at 2:19:20 PM.]
[view this log]
| March 13, 2005 by itchy-feet (619 found)
A grand place for a cache, found it no problem, although we had be careful not to be spotted looking for and replacing the cache.
Thanks,
Took a model mini Left a dice.
itchy-feet and Pals.
[view this log] | March 12, 2005 by Top Frogs (45 found)
Nice round trip taking in Cribbyn, Pen y Fan and Corn Du - it was freezing cold, and very icy, so we were very glad the cache was nice and easy to find!Left a toy car from GCME87, took the wind-up woodpecker (and then left it in GCGAYP the following day). A very nice cache - thanks!
[view this log]
| February 27, 2005 by Skate and Jane (1017 found)
After doing Cadair Idris the day before this was a challenge but well worth it for the unimaginably stunning views. Took a while to find in deep snow but then we heard Wadders utter the best line of the weekend "anybody want to sign a log" It's a sad story about Tommy and we went over to the memorial obelisk after to pay our respects. Heading back after we turned into silly b*****s and had some fun in the snow. My first time in the welsh mountains and thanks to Davyboy for bringing me here.
[view this log]
| February 27, 2005 by Wadders (4050 found)
OOOOhhhhh YES!!
What a fantastic climb, with stunning views, in extreme weather!
There we are trudging up the side of the mountain with all the gloves, hats, thermals etc when this "Plonker" (i was going to disguise that word but thought better of it considering the safety issues )went past us in a pair of shorts others were there in trainers, it beggers belief!!!
After Cadair yesterday this was a sinch, but because of the weather the views were fantastic, the snow was fun and the snack on top was one of the stranger places i've had lunch!
The cache was found after a longish search that was becoming desperate (it was also quite damp)
TNLN
Thanks for a great one, certainly in my five caches.
Went down to the obelisk and paid my respects to T.Jones...........................RIP Tommy
Wadders
[view this log]
| February 27, 2005 by plymplodders (3933 found)
. Fantastic, my number one cache beating the ones yesterday at Cadair Idris. Another hard climb but worth every step.The cache took a bit of finding but thankfully Wadders sniffed it out. The co-ordinates were 50 feet out. TNLN as cache was a bit damp. Thanks, Plymplodders (Pete)
[view this log]
| February 27, 2005 by davy boy (2080 found)
Found it at last on the second attempt as the xmas attempt failed due to weather,but the weather was worse today as there was snow on the ground and lots of ice.
Coords seemed a bit out,as we seemed to be searching too low but wadders found it in the end.
This mountain has got to be my favorite place and the veiws are stunning.
These two caches are definatly NO 1!!!!!!!
Thanks for a great cache and will be back in the summer with the other half and kids.
[view this log]
| February 20, 2005 by askog (321 found)
We found this cache, easily, after a nice and easy walk up the hills. On our way from Poland to Norway we thought some caches in Wales would be worth a detour. The day was very clear, but windy, so it was worth it :-)Thank you for the cache and for showing us the Brecon Beacons National Park! :-) A Norwegian, a Pole and two Brits.
[view this log] | January 30, 2005 by The P's (65 found)
Found it in atrocious weather today. 50 yard visibility, blowing hard at the top, and v cold! Lovely... not!I'm sure it's a wonderful view on a sunny day! See my photos logging my visit at Pen-y-fantastic (GC5250). Found the oberlisk on the way down - what an awful story... Thanks :-) The P's (well one of them and a couple of mates!)
[view this log] | December 29, 2004 by davy boy (2080 found)
Parked at the Storey arms to walk up and find these two caches,so off we walked, the other half the 2 kids and i.
Got to 190ft of the first one and had to turn back as the weather was getting worse by the minute.Shame as we were looking foreward to finding these two caches anyway nice walk up there.
[view this log] | October 26, 2004 by kbootb (224 found)
Easy find, but the weather was closing in. Great views until I got my camera out.Cache very wet, but Noah's Ark would have had trouble in the rain we had this week. Cache note very wet. If someone could replace it soon that would be good TNLN except retrieved Welsh Dragon TB. As we were on holiday with no internet access we just had to capture him and hope for the best. Hope he doesn't mind a trip to London
[view this log]
| September 12, 2004 by Mark W (58 found)
Well, as always the Brecon Beacons greeted me with howling wind and rain. Found the cache and placed Welsh Dragon TB in it. Did not write in the log book as it would have got soaked. Thanks for the Cache.
[view this log] | August 29, 2004 by Fangsy (90 found)
Phew, found it at last! Came to this one after doing the Pen Y Fantastic virtual first. The GPS had me looking a fair few feet away from where I eventualy found it, checking earlier logs it looks like I'm not the only one. I took a waypoint where I did find it, I can send that to the cache owner if they want to update co-ords?Anyway the weather was foul and I nearly gave up in the howling wind and freezing rain. Only with help from my girlfriend via SMS when she checked earlier logs online for me and sent me pertinent information was I back on track! *hearts* She gets co-finder kudos on this one, even being in a different hemisphere cannot stop her! Due to the weather I only scrawled a brief log in the book. I took the huge Land Rover TB as it was the biggest thing in there and made the box rather full. I left a silver Welsh teaspoon. Thanks for the rather punishing workout and rewarding cache! :)
[view this log] | August 14, 2004 by M1EYO (6303 found)
Nice walk, great views. Took Jeep TB, left pen & coins. Thanks for the cache.
[view this log] | August 6, 2004 by Taffy Snowboarder (43 found)
This is near to home so went up one afternoon after work. Took my girlfriend with her kids and they had fun trying to find the box. Warm clothing was needed even at this time of year as the weather changes very quickly here. The Defender is in real Defender country up there. Wilma and Betty are on the move to a cave not too far from here. Hopefully they will be happy there.
[view this log]
| July 20, 2004 by Elanman (76 found)
Stonking walk. Did the circuit from Brecon, up Alt Dhu and along the ridge to the north face of Pen y Fan. Then down to Corn Dhu and the cache.T Geocaching compass
L Brecon souvenir pen Outted the Eastern Shore Bug Went down via Tommy Jones obelisk and then via the lake (thank God said the dog!) and back down the valley to Brecon. Wonderfully quiet...unlike the Story Arms route! Elanman, Louise, Philip and Harry (and Hollins the Black Lab)
[view this log] | July 15, 2004 by Metaphor (401 found)
Starting the Brecon Beacon Bug off here...
[view this log] | July 15, 2004 by Metaphor (401 found)
A fine Welsh day for a walk -- gusty winds, dense fog and mist... very nice! I found the cache easily once I made the top, and signed in, leaving a travel bug from Maryland's Eastern Shore, a Yellow Jeep from the US, and started the Brecon Beacon Bug, which will return with me to the US. Thanks for putting this one in -- it was an exhilarating hike. [This entry was edited by Metaphor on Saturday, July 24, 2004 at 6:57:14 AM.] [This entry was edited by Metaphor on Saturday, July 31, 2004 at 2:52:58 PM.]
[view this log]
| July 7, 2004 by Write and Mane (1120 found)
Found at 11.45 am Huffed and puffed our way up via Tommy Jones Memorial. Cache higher up than our GPS suggested but found it okay.
Didn't expect the other memorial 3 metres away
Cloudy and windy but dry.
Took Fluorescent pen pack
Left Swiss Pencil Sharpener and Wilma and Betty TB
[view this log]
| June 19, 2004 by Caz & Guy (140 found)
Nice cache. Did it in conjunction with the Pen y Fan virtual Cache.Took Tigger and left a Dinosaur. The TB is not there! The last visitor has not logged it as taken. Thanks for the Cache. Caz & Guy
[view this log] | June 13, 2004 by wallacepharm (26 found)
Parked car at Storey Arms and walked via the steep side of Corn Du to Pen y Fan to do virtual Cache.Found Tommy jones cache easily at 11.50am on the way back.Very warm sunny morning and the views are fantastic from up here,lots of people about but the position of the cache is such that I could have a good rummage without being overlooked by muggles,brilliant cache positioning.
Took novel and breakdown truck travel bug,left Tigger toy and compass.
Thanks for a great cache
wallacepharm and Gypsy the dog.
[view this log] | May 30, 2004 by The Searching SAMs (195 found)
Our first cache whilst on holiday in Brecon,and did we pick a tough one to start.Ten of us made the climb plus holly the dog.What a great walk we started at the trade route and did the round route coming back down to the Story arms centre.It was very busy with lots of walkers around but the cache was found very quickly without drawing any attention to ourselves.T/nothing L/nothing apart from travel bug Mark's breakdown truck.
Thanks for a great cache the views from the top were fantastic and the walk of about 5 miles great.For anyone else this is well worth doing and the youngest in our group was only 6 years old.
Thanks again.
[view this log] | May 27, 2004 by Zetetic (1300 found)
Set of on a Lord of the rings style quest on this one. Set off from the shire, well Swansea, with a wooden ring (I really need to replenish my cache stash) and eventually found myself on the summit of Mount Doom or was it Corn Du. Alas weakness overcame me and instead of casting it into Llyn Cwm Llwch I put it in the cache. And signed the log. Sorry Gandalf.
[view this log] | April 13, 2004 by Towed by Mutts (204 found)
Came up Cribbyn, lunched on Pen Y Fan and found treasure on Corn Du. Took tapes, left highlighters. Now off to meet Tommy Jones.
[view this log]
| March 29, 2004 by nwas (235 found)
Stopped off on way back to Gloucestershire from a long weekend away in Gower with friends. It was a perfect day to climb up Pen-y-Fan as the weather was dry and there was no wind. Enjoyed the views from Corn Du and later Pen-y-Fan. Found the cache easily. Unfortunately the box had got wet inside as the lid had come loose due to the box being very full. Tried to dry it out a bit with tissues before rehiding.
Took Geolutin, left nothing.Thanks, NWAS
[view this log] | February 19, 2004 by Snilloc (26 found)
Easy to find but extremely cold. However it was nice and sunny and a fun walk with the dog.
[view this log] | November 15, 2003 by dancalvert (17 found)
Having just been on to Pen y Fan it was inevitable that we would attempt this cache too. Found it easily despite the wind picking up and the cloud descending rapidly! Fortunately we were kitted up well so all remained unfazed! Took nothing, left nothing.Dan C, Dave C, Sophie H, Phil D and Josh H
[view this log] | October 4, 2003 by alan g (1327 found)
After my unsuccessful attempt at "Alien Encounters " I walked along to this cache and found it fairly easily .
I took the Magic Tree and left a Scooby Doo key ring and signed the log-book. Quite a long walk for a 63 year old but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Many thanks for this great cache.
[view this log] | August 31, 2003 by The Wildleys (323 found)
Related Web Page
Cool cache! And we were the first to find it, too.Had a pleasant walk to the summit, then continued on to Pen y Fan, then on to Cribyn, back up Pen y Fan, and finally back down off the mountains. All in all, a good day out. Took nothing, but left a French GeoLutin. See (visit link) [last edit: 9/1/2003 1:26:38 AM PST]
[view this log]
| August 6, 2003 by The Scout (58 found)
Please ensure your car is locked and valuables out of sight at both carparks as a number of break-ins have occured recently.
[view this log] | |
Current time: 11/22/2009 7:14:08 AM
Last Updated: 11/13/2009 6:29:25 AM
Rendered: From Database
Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum
|
