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         We arrived at Cwm Llwch on Friday afternoon, and after   
        moving the kit into the house, Andy and I climbed Corn Du, while the   
        rest of the slackers stayed in and drank.   
        A couple were wild camping in a very windy corner by   
        Llyn Cwm Llwch, not a place I'd have chosen with the weather forecast   
        that we'd had. I wonder if they survived the night. We climbed onto the   
        ridge from the Llyn, and walked past Tommy Jones' memorial to the   
        summit. Then it started to rain (a feature of the weekend). We decided   
        to give Pen y Fan a miss, and headed back to the house. It was at about   
        this point that I discovered that my new boots were digging into my   
        ankles. As they were the only pair I took for the weekend I am now   
        hobbling!  
        On Saturday morning we headed to Ystradfellte, parked at   
        Cwm Porth, and walked down the river Mellte to the waterfall Sgwd yr   
        Eira. There was enough water in the rivers to make the falls dramatic.   
        We walked around the back of Sgwd yr Eira, desperately, and   
        unsuccessfully, trying to keep cameras dry and lenses clear. I've got   
        some lovely soft-focus effects. After a thorough soaking we headed back   
        to Cwm Llwch. We passed a notice saying that the path was closed on the   
        way back up, strangely nobody had noticed it on the way down. If they're   
        going to close paths they should put up decent sized signs.   
        The afternoon was wet, but during a break in the   
        showers, we got in a bit of water-rocketry. We then built an indoors   
        Cresta run down the stairs (don't ask, the bruises are fading), and   
        tried a bit of indoor cricket, until the ball caught fire.   
        It poured overnight. Getting Kim's car through the ford   
        was 'Interesting'. Andy, you may wish to check for dents   
        underneath......  
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