The frozen Brecon Beacons

Off to the hills (and snow)

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December 8th 2010
Next stop the Brecon Beacons. We were really looking forward to this site as we had visited it in 2008 and loved cycling along the canal and climbing up into the Beacons. However we were a month later this time and it was freezing, the canal froze and it was so cold on the Beacons we thought our fingers were going to fall off. On the day we moved the snow started and by the time we arrived at t ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more