Offas Dyke Day 3 Great Tre-rhew Farm to Longtown

Day 3 Great TreRhew Farm To Longtown
It seems that the weather is a very important component of walking enjoyment, so it's out the window we look on waking everyday to check the elements.
Today, grey as usual, but dry.
And it was a fine day, once breakfast was dealt with and the car packed we were off.
An initial navigation error, where we missed a stile and had to back track, was soon dealt with and we were on our way.

Verdant fields

Once again over verdant fields, pushing flocks of sheep aside as we walked and skirting the cows, with some element of apprehension.
The way was pretty easy really, with little to tax us in the morning.
At morning tea we chose the corner of a paddock at a stile onto a back road, with great views and at the time some sunshine.
Sue had given me a yogurt for lunch, however investigating my lunchbox I found I had no spoon with which to consume the said food. Commenting to the others that I would have to remonstrate with her when we met up later in the day, Margaret chipped in and said, you can tell her now, as lo and behold, Sue just drove past!! She did not have a spoon however, so the yogurt remained uneaten.
The easy early morning then progressed into the somewhat harder later morning with a steep and steady climb up to Hattervel Hill which constitutes the eastern boundary of the Brecon Beacons National Park and our way joined the Brecon Way.

Lunch in a small quarry

Once on the ridge we had fabulous views east west and south and could see the ridge heading north, our direction of travel.
Lunch was on the ridge in an old quarry site, a shallow dugout, that had us out of the wind.

Brecon Beacons

The after lunch amble took us further along the ridge until we has to come off down a steep track to Longtown,our destination for the night.
This took over an hour, even though the distance was just two kilometres.
We have to get back up there tomorrow. Bugger!
Our accommodation, The Crown Inn provided us with beers whilst awaiting Sue's arrival and our rooms were pretty good.

The Crown

We were joined at dinner by an old school friend of Ian along with his wife Jane. They are taking Ian and Jo back with them, as they leave us today to head off to Morocco.
Meanwhile we just plod on!!