Last of the BMF Training Days...

Two weeks to go now and Sunday was the last of the Brecon Beacons training days - and what a day! A feeling of nervousness accommpanied the five of us who made it (me, Andy, Nic, Chris K and Paul) on the drive over to Wales - I had suffered badly and lost confidence on the first group trip to the Brecon Beacons and Andy, Nic and Paul had been on the first BMF trip which was really difficult and this one was meant to be the hardest day of them all.

Horizontal rain and hail, low cloud cover, howling winds, bitter cold - none of this stopped us having a great time! Despite the terrible weather conditions (which at least allowed us all to try out our wet weather gear, or lack of in Paul's case) we did really well finishing the 10.2 mile walk in just 4.5hrs (Mike from the BMF had allowed 5 hours for the 'fast group' to complete the walk and seemed to be quite impressed with us) - the training must be paying off! I even managed to stay with the fast group and we all started and finished together.

Total climb for the day was around 1250m so this puts it on par with Ben Nevis and the distance was a little more so confidence in the car on the way back was probably at an all time high for those of us who went - me in particular! We even managed to jog back down some of the way from Corn Du to Storey Arms....

Blisters stayed away, a bit of cramping in my legs and a sore right ankle couldn't damped the spirits! Stiff this morning though but the feeling that I might actually be able to do this thing hasn't gone away just yet!