The Held (i)

We went to Wales for a few days over the New Year, with a group of about twenty friends and families. We stayed in a bunkhouse converted from a farm barn, at The Held near Brecon.

http://www.heldbunkhouse.co.uk/

It rained while we there. It rainsed so much that the surrounding fields were sheets of water, and on our first morning, we woke to find that our bedrooms had a couple of inches of water in them. I do mean a couple of inches, enough to cover our bare feet and soak rucksacks. The level went down over the morning, and was sucked dry by noon, but some of our party were very unhappy for a while.

We didn't do much walking because of the wet weather, so we had to spend our time talking and eating and drinking. Such hardship! Nevertheless, our short walks into the hills were fun in a masochistic fashion. We weren't cold and The Held is comfortable, so it was a good long weekend.