Pudimos pasear por sus calles, ver el río Usk, su mitad iglesia, miad castillo...y ya, la verdad es que no tenía mucho más que ver. Pasamos al mercado, pero esta vez tenían un mercadillo de antigüedades así que no pudimos ver mucho más.
Donde si disfrutamos es en la carretera. A mi me encanta conducir, y si en vez de hacerlo por la autopista, lo hago por carreteras de montaña me lo paso todavía mejor. El caso, estuvimos disfrutando de las vistas, antes de la nevada, y he de decir que lo tenemos anotado como destino para cuando venga el calor para hacer senderismo.
Como siempre, fotos en la columna de la izquierda. :-)
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A couple of weeks ago we went to Brecon a city in the Valleys, close to the natural reserve of Breacon Beacon. Brecon was established as a Roman cavalry base for the conquest of Roman Wales and Brecon was first established as a military base.
After the Dark Ages the original Welsh name of the kingdom in whose territory Brecon stands was 'Brycheiniog', which later became anglicised to Brecknockshire or Breconshire, and probably derives from the personal name of Welsh Prince Brychan, the eponymous founder of the kingdom. The English name of Brecon town may also be derived from Brychan.
The Welsh name, Aberhonddu, means 'mouth of the Honddu'. It is derived from the River Honddu, which meets the River Usk near the town centre, a short distance away from the River Tarrell which enters the Usk a few hundred metres upstream.
Before the building of the bridge over the Usk, Brecon was one of the few places where the river could be forded.
Before visiting the city we were enjoying driving for mountain road. I'm pretty sure that, when the weather is better, we will go there an have a nice walk!!
As usual, photos in the left column. :-)
1 comentario:
Buena idea lo del senderismo. A ver si a los galeses le entra el "modo panico " por el calor y disfrutas tu solita por la carretera camino del Parke. Je, je,.
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