Pen y Fan Pool
Last updated: 30 August 2006
These photos of a pool table on top of Pen y Fan were taken by Mike Davies from Neath and his grandson Richard as they climbed Pen y Fan on 29 August 2006.
Mike: "We took a leisurely walk to Pen Y Fan yesterday and at first, from a distance it looked like a twitchers hide out. But on close inspection it turned out to be none other than a pool table. The match between my grandson and myself must have been the highest match in Wales."
Mike was also on hand to see the pool table being carried down Pen y Fan the following weekend.
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Jack ED
What a mean feet!Good on you guys!
Tue Sep 29 09:22:35 2009
Matt from London
I was there that day, i had just reached the summit with my brother, we were pleased with out achievement, and then immediately humbled by such an amazing feat these people had pulled off.
There were rope handles all the way around the table, which they must have used to drag it up. amazing.
Thu Aug 28 10:26:08 2008
Katie Owen, North Wales
Where is pen y fan and what activities do you do there?
Wed Feb 6 08:09:47 2008
Gareth Thomas
That is ridiculous.
Fri Jun 8 09:10:12 2007
Dean Thomas
I know exactly how it got up there, I have the cuts and bruises that came with it. 21 of us set out from Dowlais Constitutional Club at 5am, waved off by the Mayor and his wife and Bev Nash of Cancer aid merthyr tydfil.We reached the summit after four and a half hours of sweat and blood. The highlight of the day was the generosity of all the ramblers who loved what we had achieved and we welcomed one and all to pot at least one ball. We hope many memories were etched with the day they played pool on Pen y Fan, the highest peak in Southern Britain.
Wed Sep 6 18:26:04 2006
Mike Davies
Well after some research I eventually found that the team involved was from Mertyhyr and was running a charity event in aid of cancer, a well worthy cause,
"It was carried to Pen-y-Fan's summit, some 2,907ft (886m) high, by 20 men to help raise funds for the Merthyr Tydfil branch of the Cancer Aid charity.”
That in itself deserves a gold medal
I along with Richard my grandson met up with them at the Storey Arms on the Beacons
a great bunch of youngsters doing fantastic work,
and so rewarding in this day and age to see so many youngsters out enjoying life to the full to h! elp others who are not so fortunate in life
may they get lots of sponsor monies in
and also my thanks to BBC Wales for the coverage
BBC Wales our station our nation
many thanks all
Mike Davies
Richard Trahar
Fri Sep 1 11:10:50 2006
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