Fiona Barltrop has a Welsh summit to herself

OF THE FOUR RANGES that make up the Brecon Beacons National Park – from west to east: the Black Mountain (singular), Fforest Fawr, the central Beacons and the Black Mountains (plural) – it is the second named that I suspect experiences the least footfall. Situated between the Black Mountain and the central Beacons, Fforest Fawr’s uplands have been described as the forgotten hills of South Wales, the austere nature of the bare, windswept high ground lacking obvious appeal.

However, when a rather grandiose-sounding UNESCO Global Geopark, which covers the western half of the National Park, was designated in 2015, it was named after Fforest Fawr.