Robert Mcgrady - 164217

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Date : 18/10/2021

Duration : 5-8 hours

Style : Assistant Leader

Type : Mountain Walking

Weather : Showers - Mixed/Poor Visibility

Wind : Strong Wind

Camping Type : N/A

Nights Camping : 0

Mountains : Twmpa (Lord Hereford's Knob)

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Contracting for a local activity centre and went out with their centre manager and a group of 15 children (aged 12-13). Got dropped off at a car park near Twmpa and basically the group followed the centre manager and I was at the back to ensure the group was keeping pace.
As we got to the top and passed Twmpa, the winds were dangerously high. I had to hold on to some of the children as they weren't able to move against the wind. The manager took the decision (wisely) to get the group off the mountain. So he led them off the edge down a steep side which eventually led to a path a few hundred metres below and we walked back to the centre using lowland paths.
In hindsight the group's shouldn't have been out on the mountain that day and while getting them off the mountain was a priority, going off the edge and side stepping down the side of the mountain to get to the path was a poor judgement call. We should have continued to 100m further west until we found the path and then come down the mountain on the path.
There were luckily no injuries and all made it back to the centre after their adventures in the mountains.

Area : Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park

Bannau Brycheiniog (the Brecon Beacons) is a mountain range in South Wales. In a narrow sense, the name refers to the range of Old Red Sandstone peaks popular with walkers which lie to the south of Brecon. Sometimes referred to as "the central Beacons" they include South Wales' highest mountain, Pen y Fan. The range forms the central section of the Brecon Beacons National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog), a designation which also encompasses ranges both to the east and the west of "the central Beacons". This much wider area is also commonly referred to as "the Brecon Beacons".

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