Sparhawk at the Cave Entrance

Been meaning to post this for a while, just haven’t got around to it!  A while back, the wife and me, along with two very good friends, went on a geocaching day out, and went to find a cache at ‘Chartist’s Cave’ in the Brecon Beacons.  I’m always up for finding a cave, and to have a cache to add to it is always a good thing.  After a walk of about an hour, and with the guidance of the GPS, we found the cave (see below for a map).  This place is well worth a visit.  It’s really isolated, and takes a good GPS or a compass and map (preferably both!) to find with any sort of ease.  If you approach form the east, it is better, as you could easily be a few metres from the west side, and not even know it was there.   The cave itself is actually pretty big, and unfortunately, we didn’t have enough battery power left in the torch to fully explore the interior before the light faded, and we were left in more or less complete darkness.  Near the entrance to the cave, there was a nest of swallow chicks, and we noticed the parents coming in and out of the cave to feed the chicks, who made a right racket every time the food arrived.  I decided to shoot off a few pics, and I’m glad I did, as I got a few really good ones that day.