Images of Wales

Thursday, 4 June 1998

Crai Reservoir, Breconshire

Photography by John Ball - 11:00 am, 4 June 1998
(with Agfa ePhoto307 digital camera)

Crai (Cray) Reservoir in the Brecon Beacons National Park, supplies water to the
city of Swansea. The reservoir is about one mile long and has a maximum width of
about 600 yards.

Crai Reservoir viewed from the south (above) and south-east (below).

Left: Barely visible in the lush vegetation is one of the many streams which tumble down the hillside into the reservoir. The yellow flower in the foreground is wild broom, while beyond, hawthorn (May) trees are still in blossom.

Above: A distant view of the reservoir from the north-east.

Above: To the west of Crai Reservoir is the 2000-foot mountain ridge connecting the
peaks of Fan Hir and Fan Foel.