“See this layered sandstone in the short mountain grass. Place your right hand on it, palm downward. See where the summer sun rises and where it stands at noon. Direct your index finger midway between them. Spread your fingers, not widely. You now hold this place in your hand.”
People of the Black Mountains (Raymond Williams)
HE BLACK MOUNTAINS! Not The Black Mountain, which is over to the west and the other side of Bannau Brycheiniog (the now official name for the Brecon Beacons). The Black Mountains are a compact and delightful group of moorland ridges at about the
