EPIC Pen y Fan Horseshoe Wild Camp in my NEW Terra Nova tent!

We went wild camping in the Brecon Beacons and also to take on the Pen y Fan Horseshoe. We love a backpacking challenge so we made the Pen y Fan hiking harder by taking in more than just the mountains of Big y Fan, Cribyn, Pen y Fan and Corn Du.

We found a great place to wild camp just below Pen y Fan at Llyn Cwm Llwch. The weather for our wild camping uk trip was perfect. Zero wind, no rain and lots of sun.

Our first days hiking covered 12 miles. I got up for the sun rise at pen y fan (Mark stayed in his backpacking tent!) and covered a further 3 miles and then on the way back to the car covered another 9 miles.

We were testing out our latest camping gear including my new 2023 Terra Nova Lazer Compact AS tent, Mark's Big Agnes Copper Spur 1 tent, my Osprey Atmos 50 LT, Fire Maple Radiant camping stove and Inov-8 Roclite G400 hiking boots and lots of other smaller backpacking gear items.

I love wild camping in Wales but usually spend my time in Snowdonia. However, wild camping in the brecon beacons was superb and there are so many places to camp up high out of the way of people and animals. We left no trace, please make sure you do the same!

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Thanks, Andy.

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[CazSmith]

Superb bit of backpacking overnight sun rise film making.

[markhawkins]

hi Andy great video, I’ve done both Pen-y-Fan horseshoes numerous times but in the snow it’s a special hike especially when your the first person to summit Pen-y-Fan that morning, I’ve not been up to the Breacons for 10 years now as I live in Europe and I miss it, also it’s not pronounced Fan but you say Van,

[chrisjwoodall]

Awesome, thanks for taking us with you

[thewanderingforester]

The Beacons are my nearest hills so I've spent years exploring and camping on them You got them on a superb day, very lucky. Great video.

[gerardwhittle]

Hi All
Done many half-day treks up Pen-y-fan with 10 year olds. Certainly less worn on the summit than 20 years ago! Either Llyn cwm Llwch, Upper Neudd or Storey Arms (or Pont ar Daf). The Brecon Beacons is a fabulous, easy ridge walk, Cwm Llych is a great spot - with another site lower down the valley. Certainly isolated for a camp and may be subject to extreme weather.
Tent looks like it would be okay.

[craigmorris]

Great vid mate but god couldn’t deal with all them people lol

[BasicBeachCommunity]

Wales is so beautiful....I just had so many good hikes...Not so crowded...GREAT beaches

[thewiltshirewomble]

Thanks for sharing Andy.. An absolute epic hike and camp you enjoyed at one of my most favorite places. Cheers buddy 👍

[itsfuzzy]

Really great video, so well edited, there was no fat on this one. Thanks for sharing your adventure with us Andy.

[DroneTrek]

Awesome vlog Mate. Planning an overnight camping at the same place by Llyn Cwm Llwch next weekend 👍

[TheDonkeycong]

Hi mate, another great location with some fantastic views, love your enthusiasm for the great outdoors.

[grahamscothern]

Nice one Andy looked Amazing !
Looked forward to you reviewing your new tent !
👍👍
Cheers Graham

[thecampingastronomer]

Cracking trip Andy, with great weather. I camped there last winter, its a fabulous spot.

[backpackingireland]

Great video Andy . Amazing how many people take to the hills in Uk . Here in my part of Ireland we rarely encounter anyone! Atb Tony

[Leeslost]

Brilliant video Andy and another amazing sunrise, keep it up bud

[davemassingham]

Great vid did you park overnight at owls grove last time I went there they had put up loads of no overnight parking signs

[tinythrottle]

Really enjoyed this one. Bought you a few coffees as a thankyou. Cheers andy

[baldheadedpriest]

Great video, doing it in a couple of weeks !

[markatchison]

It's great to see lots of people enjoying the area. The sunrise footage reminds of Stonehenge festival.
Let's hope people still respect the area though & don't mess it up or fall over drunk & need rescuing.
After 40+ years of wildcamping, I have this fear of it being ruined by folks who no longer book foreign holidays.

[sweeneyTodd-deby]

What a fantastic video Andy, never been up there always wanted to and camp never had the balls todo it😢