The Art of Scientific Knowledge.

Why, oh why, do I burden myself with the quest of
knowledge? This painstaking search for in eternal 
truth? Trying to avoid the treacherous traps the 
mind lays for those who seek beyond the personal
and the temporal; beyond my lifetime. Will I escape
my faith? The taste of the world as it exists with
or without me; is it the taste of immortality? The
nameless truth, a pebble of knowledge, as old as 
the world, touched upon after a long and desperate
stumble in the dark. It fills me, it possesses me.
It carries me to happiness; the happiness of being
part of the greater scheme: the Divine Scheme. 

And on other days I walk, this weekend in south Wales.

Keeping the transport in mind I have planned specific
hikes on Saturday and Sunday. (Also remember that
the days are short in November.) The minibus goes to
Glyntawe for a circular walk over the Black Mountain
ridge (walk 1). On the way they will drop off people
for the waterfall, river, and roman road walk
starting at Pontneddfechan back to the youth hostel
(walk 2). From the youth hostel there are circular
walks going up Pen y Fan (886m) (walk 3), Craig Cerrig 
Gleisad (walk 4), and Tarrell valley walk (walk 5).
For Sunday the circular walks from the youth hostel 
are still possible. But there are two possible
pick up points north of the Brecon Beacons:
Doing the ridge which includes Pen y Fan (walk 6), 
and a valley walk to Brecon (walk 7).
1) 18km, 900m ascent, Creamy's choice; up through the
rocky and undulating hills, back along the top of 
the edge, of the front.
2) 22km, 300m ascent,  From Pontneddfechan along a 
set of nice waterfalls (believe me, I've seen the
pictures) over the roman road and around the north
feet of the hills.
3) 15km, 800m ascent, up Pen y Fan and down again.
4) 12km, 400m ascent, around the sharp edge of Craig 
Cerrig Gleisad,  overlooking the youth hostel, back 
through the low hills and the fields.
5) 16+3km, 350+250m ascent half way up Pen y Fan 
(or all the way up) and back through the fields of
the Tarell Valley.
6) 19km, 900m ascent Up Pen y Fan, Cribyn, Fan y Big,
into the town of Llanfrynach
7) 14km, 200m ascent, through the fields and along the 
river into Brecon.
8)...9)...10)....
Yours,

(going home, but never there)

Norbert