There are water sports, including sailing, canoeing, and windsailing on nearby Llangorse lake as well as bird watching, fishing, mountain biking, and hill walking in the Black Mountains and nearby Brecon Beacons. There are ancient footpaths to follows and Wales is renowned for castles. Shoppers can enjoy bargain hunting in the nearby towns of Brecon, Abergavenny and Hay-On-Wye. The Brecon Jazz Festival takes place in August and there are numerous county and agricultural shows throughout the summer.

Temperatures can run on the cool side in the spring and fall. Riders should bring rain gear as it is almost impossible to spend a week riding in Wales without a hint of rain.

After a hearty Welsh breakfast, you will arrive at the stables around 9.30am and be introduced to your mount, who will be fed, groomed and tacked up and waiting for you. Around 10.30am we are all ready to leave and we head for the hills towering above Llangorse Lake. Reaching 1645 feet, once we get to the top there is the opportunity for some long canters above the Rhiangoll valley, and you may even see some of our beautiful Welsh mountain ponies roaming the hilltop, as their ancestors have done for thousands of years. For lunch, we visit the New Inn in Bwlch, a village located in a col high above the Usk valley. After lunch, we ride along bridleways between the hills, before returning to Llangorse. This day will allow you to get used to your horse and provides a foretaste of what is to come. Tomorrow, the journey through the Black Mountains real

From Upper Henllan Farm, where the horses have spent the night, we ride along the floor of the Llanthony Valley and pay a visit to the unique church at Cwmyoy. The origins of this church are wrapped in mystery, but one thing is certain, it is ancient and dates back at least to the Middle Ages. It is unique because no part of it is square or at right angles with any other part. This striking irregularity is due to the underlying rock, which is in fact part of a huge landslide that continues to move to the present day.On leaving Cwmyoy, we climb a steep, stony path to the top of Hatterall Hill (1726 feet high). Riding along Offa's Dyke path, originally part of an earthwork built by the 10th century King Offa to separate his civilised Saxon kingdom from the maurading Welsh, it now offers spectacularly views out across Herefordshire as far as the Malvern Hills in the east, whilst westwards are magnificant views of the mountains. After a picnic lunch, we descend into the valley then climb once again to an Iron Age hill fort with superb views. Descending once more to the Llanthony valley, a night is usually spent in the Abbey Hotel** or in nearby farmhouse accommodation, with our evening meal taken in the undercroft of the Priory itself.

At the start of our 20 mile ride back to Llangorse, we climb the steep track out of the Llanthony Valley, following forest tracks and crossing "Windy Ridge", before having a picnic lunch in the woods. Afterwards, we follow a grassy carriageway to the top of Pen Trumau (2005 feet), followed by a long steep descent (you will have realised by now our Welsh hills have very few flat bits!!). We have a final long canter along the foot of Mynydd Troed before arriving back at the stables in Llangorse. Your horses will then need untacking, feeding and grooming for a final time, before they are turned out into their field for a well earned rest! You spend this final night near Llangorse, and we have our farewell evening meal together.

You can expect to be able to leave on Saturday, after breakfast, when you will be transferred back to Abergavenny railway station. .