Horatio Clare | Local Legends #53: Brecknockshire

The Three Ravens Podcast · Feb 7, 2026 · 1h 3m

On this week's episode of Local Legends, Eleanor chats with writer Horatio Clare about land and legend.

Although Horatio has had a really versatile career, he’s probably best known for his award winning nature and travel writing, and the beauty of his descriptions of place.

Luckily for us, he also grew up on a farm in the Brecon Beacons, so was deeply steeped in the mythology and stories of the natural world around him.

Author of Myths and Legends of the Brecon Beacons and Myths and Legends of Pembrokeshire and Gwynedd, Horatio is also an ambassador for the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park…