Brychan's Kingdom of Saints - The Pen-Y-Fan Horseshoe, Wales
A sweeping, wind‑cut circuit where the Old Red Sandstone rises in great steps, the Horseshoe pulls you across three story‑heavy summits, and the mountain reminds you that Wales doesn’t need altitude to feel epic — just a ridge that knows exactly what it is.
The Pen y Fan Horseshoe isn’t just a loop — it’s a ridge layered with deep time, old kingdoms, strange folklore, and some of the most evocative place‑names in Wales. In this episode, we open the Horseshoe as a story stack: a Devonian desert turned mountain wall, the high edge of Brychan’s lost kingdom, the fairy‑door legends of Cwm Llwch…
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