Black Mountains: The Whales of Wales
The Black Mountains comprise the most extensive upland range within the Brecon Beacons National Park, casting broad, grassy ridges projecting like the fingers of an arthritic hand. Collectively, the ridges stretch for fifty miles, with thirty miles of this above the 2,000ft contour. The culmination of these whale-backed elevations is at Waun Fach, an unpretentious mass amidst the whole, yet second only in altitude to the celebrated twin tops of Pen y Fan and Corn Du. However, unlike those…