 January 3 by clivecops (447 found)
Found on a very wintery day, wasnt able to see the lines to count, hope i can bag it though? :)
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November 8, 2009 by sleepy ghost (1139 found)
# 1001
Last cache of the day. We really enjoyed the walk and spectaular views. Thank you.
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October 31, 2009 by the butterfly seekers (343 found)
Arrived at the given coordinates to count the layers however this proved impossible with the mist continually blowing in. Will email a photo to show our situtation and hopefully we can still log this cache as a find.
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October 18, 2009 by The Evil Poles (1716 found)
The third peak of four today! Fantastic views and some geology thrown in too - excellent! Email sent - TFTC 
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 October 18, 2009 by tripod (454 found)
this walk was a fun outing while visiting from canada. started at storey arms and finished at pencelli court as the morgan relatives kept us going. didn't have the cache details for this one but enjoyed the views from all the peaks. -tripod-
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October 17, 2009 by halesquad (76 found)
I took a picture and i think i have the answer and will send it on in a private message. It is really hard to define each step of the stone as there seem to be more that run down the grooves of the mountain.
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October 8, 2009 by taffacre (227 found)
My 1st earthcahe, emailed cache owner who said my estimate was OK to log. Very difficult to tell where one layer starts and ends. TFTC On to the next
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September 14, 2009 by Jaughan (324 found)
I'm never too sure of the protocol on these sorts of caches. But since I never did get a reply to an earlier completed earthcache e mail and as it has been two days since I sent an e mail for this, I am claiming a find. Like everyone else, I am not at all confidant about my answer. I got four different answers to four different counts. I will add two other observations: the SWMCC 5 track follows the top of one of these outcrops and when sandstone does finally erode, it turns to sand and there were little drifte of sand along all the tracks in the drying wind. . Thank you for the cache. [This entry was edited by Jaughan on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 7:02:16 AM.]
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September 12, 2009 by Sat Nav and Tom Tom (253 found)
A wonderful walk around part of the ridge. What a magnificant day for walking. Early in the morning with not too many about it is just why most of us walk! I have sent an estimate of the numbers of sandstone bands, although I found it quite difficult to tell where some ended and others started. TFTC
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September 9, 2009 by Djinnsplace (145 found)
Got here via Corn Du and Pen y fan - OMG could it be any steeper coming up from the pool in the valley from pen y fan!
Came up from the car-park before the story arms weather was sunny and warm for the most part until you got on the the peaks where it was quite windy.
Sat on the edge and had a snack and allowed my legs recover they were like jelly by the time I got to the cairn.
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 September 8, 2009 by Kriyacacher (913 found)
Although I reached the required co-ordinates I arrived in the testing windswept conditions mentioned in the cache description. There was a gale blowing and very poor visibility so I couldn't see the features required, in fact I couldn't see very much at all. Most of the visitors to the Brecons today seemed to be from the British Army, and I assume they were being paid to be up here. Even though its early autumn / late summer the conditions were harsh, and it was quite OK in the valley.
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August 29, 2009 by Von-Horst (2959 found)
A nice way to break up my walk round the Brecon horseshoe and an excellent excuse to stop, have a bite of lunch and a look at the view!
email sent and TFTC.
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August 29, 2009 by sniffadogz (2565 found)
1st today @ 10.08
Walked up from the reservoir - a gentle & easy climb for the nmost part. Lovely day up here today - not too sunny and a refreshing breeze. Spent some time counting from both vantage points before heading over the hill.
TFTC.
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August 22, 2009 by Neil Pugh (54 found)
My email says it all, for "x" read a number between 1 and 100!I'd go for x sandstone bands. Lovely clear weather on the tops on Saturday for counting them, but I may have had too much beer the day before to count properly. Still the walk up from Cwm Llwch sobers you up! Thanks for the cache. Regards, Neil
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August 9, 2009 by climber1958 (4718 found)
Where as previous logs were hampered by cloud we were hampered by tourists - hoards of em. Well it was a glorious day!!!.Did the count and took some pics - will email on. An amazing location. Off to Fan y Big next - it looks consderably quieter over thereTFTC.
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August 1, 2009 by Big_Al260 (301 found)
I was worried that I wasnt going to see anything at the begining of my walk due to the poor weather but the weather was kind when I got to Fan-Y-Big. I think I got the right number of bands. 
cheers
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July 30, 2009 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. E mail sent to owner SL, TFC
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July 25, 2009 by Stokesy (3248 found)
Great views up here today, a little cloud around but not enough to spoil the view. Interesting geology.E-mail sent, although I'm not convinced I've got the answer, we had quite a debate over this one on the hill. Maybe signyred will educate me when we next bump into each other at an event! E-mail to follow. T4TEC. Stokesy.
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July 9, 2009 by omis49 (1370 found)
Great day for a walk around the horseshoe, great views, E Mail to follow. TFTC.
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June 27, 2009 by artegall (512 found)
Third caceh of the day on my trip around the horseshoe. Legs complaining now !! Lovely place. Cheers.
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June 27, 2009 by adrian1957 (207 found)
great views and a great walk on a very busy day, not sure if my counting was up to scratch though
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May 31, 2009 by Wadders (4107 found)
What a fantastic climb to this one, if there is one type of cache that i do like it is the Earth caches.Many thanks for setting this one. Wadders
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May 30, 2009 by feathertop (6358 found)
Earthcaches have been underrepresented in my total cache finds.
We do not seem to have anywhere near the number available in Australia as you do over here so it was great to complete this one on this great day in the Welsh mountains.
Thanks for this cache and the rapid reply to my email too.
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May 28, 2009 by OldBazza (337 found)
Found with Sebhat. What a day: a walk from Storey Arms included four caches and a trek back to our campsite in Brecon. Our team included a 7 year old, she did really well. Will email result although it's not easy.
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May 28, 2009 by sebhat (280 found)
Got this as part of peny Fan and Corn Du. Will email with answer. Old Bazza also part of this walk that turned into a trek.
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May 24, 2009 by Geeraki (563 found)
It was very busy at the summit with the fantastic wonderful Bank holiday weather drawing out the crowds on the summits. Took more time to read the cache description than to actually climb up to the summit We all had an attempt at finding the answer needed to claim this cache, let’s hope we are correct.
Thanks for the quick reply to my e-mail so we can bag this cache.
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May 24, 2009 by Ezitis (402 found)
I have a soft spot for Cribyn: it looks cute next to Pen y Fan! We walked up from Storey Arms, joining in as part of the "ant trail" of humans! I was extremely impressed by seven-months-pregnant Irina and four-year-old Artur! Thanks for the cache!
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May 24, 2009 by Jenny&James (506 found)
What great views from this site! Glad we made the extra distance from Pen y Fan for this cache. Could not believe how many people were up here today!  E-mail sent. TFTC!
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May 15, 2009 by Mrfrenchy (240 found)
Did Mr Windy say that there was a bit of rain in the air??
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May 15, 2009 by windywetmud (435 found)
What a miserable day.Rain, low cloud, more rain, strong wind a bit of rain, very strong wind, very much rain.Lots of rain .
I won't continue...
Probably not the best day to attempt the Pen y Fan circuit but we did and we were proud.
I will post a photo of the amount of layers we saw when the camera has dried out...I hope this will speak for itself
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May 9, 2009 by richatquinta (405 found)
Found on a hike with some friends as part of a stag weekend. Great walk, very wet and windy though. Not sure I've counted correctly, will send an e-mail shortly.
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May 2, 2009 by Cheddar Pink (334 found)
Found this along with TGR. Enjoyed the day walking the horseshoe and counting the sandstone bands on Cribyn.TFTC Cheddar Pink.
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May 2, 2009 by The Great Redmondo (1358 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. Counting sandstone bands caused some debate amongst the three of us but we managed to settle our differences without anyone loosing their footing. Email on its way so lets see if the great deliberation has paid off. T4TC Debs, Paul and Cheddar Pink.
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May 2, 2009 by The Flying Boots (1262 found)
We've been saving the caches here specially for this weekend while we were camping at Talybont for the fourth South Wales Geocaching Event. We only had today to walk the circuit and was very glad that the weather was absolutely perfect for a walk in the mountains. Visibility was excellent and the views stupendous. Parked near the start of the Taff Trail south of the Upper Neuadd Reservoir and walked in a clockwise direction, this cache being the last of four finds, not counting the Event and the Flash Mob Event later on today.
It really is difficult to decide how many layers of strata there is as some that could be one could also be three. We went with the lesser option, email on it's way.
TNLN
TFTC
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May 1, 2009 by scottpa100 (1345 found)
The 4th cache of the day whilst doing walking for the first in the Brecon Beacons. And a signyred cache! Is there nowhere where this West Bromwich crew don't go?  Great views to the east from where I had walked from and views to Pen y Fan and the west beyond. But after reading about the sandstone and the glaciers being on the north side ridge of the mountains, now I've got to count bands of sandstone! Eeek! Does he mean the vertical or horizontal ones? I'll count both and e-mail the answers for both! TFTEC - great to do an earth cache that is actually a bit of a slog to get to! Right, now to go down Cribyn and get the wacky cache on that crazy footpath on the inside of the cwm...
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April 26, 2009 by tractortony (74 found)
Found it on Sat 24th
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April 11, 2009 by johnny5a (525 found)
Lovely day trekking in the beacons, chose a very clear day to cache. Hard work getting to this point and we still had another climb to make!TFTC *Transport: Foot*
#286
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March 29, 2009 by SidAndBob (1233 found)
I've walked past here many times, but can't think of many occasions when the weather was better for stopping to count sandstone bands.
A fantastic day to be in the hills, with pretty much 100% visibility and it wasn't even that busy.
I just wish I hadn't forgotten to bring my camera. Still, there will be plenty more days for that, so the phone camera will just have to do today I'm afraid.
Many thanks for the Earthcache. You saved my caching day after a failure at SWMCC 5.
Pete and Bob.
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March 22, 2009 by Stuey (3580 found)
Amazing scenery today and very warm for March in the mountains. Talk about luck! (When I planned our day trip to the Brecons I'd hoped we would be able to test out our waterproofs and/or cold weather gear and walk in snow! - not that I'm complaining!).We did a circular walk taking in Pen y Fan twice, looping down past Allt Du, and back up over the next ridge to Fan y Big (that section was 7 miles), so I saw the face of Cribyn from several sides. I averaged out my counts of bands and was just 2 out (thanks for the email confirmation). Thanks too for the Geology lesson... really interesting, and it puts the theory from school into practice after 25 years! Cheers,
Stuey
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March 21, 2009 by Pyoung1s (2532 found)
Many thanks, sending email!
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March 21, 2009 by qrang (9402 found)
What a fantastic contrast between the severe north face and gently sloping south face of these mountains. Weather was almost balmy today although a bit hazy.Email sent
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March 17, 2009 by Stu Mitchell (266 found)
Visited 17/03/09 with Stevie M great view on a great day. Received the confirmation email (19/03) and we got it right!!!!!!!!!!!
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March 17, 2009 by stevie m (1476 found)
Visited with Stu Mitchell. Great views all around on a very warm, sunny and clear day.
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March 16, 2009 by Zetetic (1363 found)
Third of four caches in the Beacons today. A lovely sunny day so no excuses for not being able to see the mountain. Email on it's way with the info. TFTC.
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March 11, 2009 by The Moor We Hunt... (9037 found)
Thick cloud (or is it hill fog - I don't know the difference) meant there were no views up here today, sadly. Email sent and photos from the coordinates to be uploaded, which definitely won't be spoilers! Not much wind, so enjoyable walking despite the lack of views. Many thanks for the interesting geology of the area. TFTC.
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January 21, 2009 by nigel 01495 (11 found)
unable to count marks in mountain poor visabisibity challenging weather
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January 6, 2009 by signyred (1559 found)
CRIBYN EARTHCACHE (WBMC 11) was transferred from geoaware to user signyred
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 January 6, 2009 by geoaware (38 found)
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