User:Adrianyank

My son Dean Thomas (zoffy ) Steward of the Dowlais con club nr Merthyr Tydfil was the intstigater of the following feat in aid of charity, made all the more difficult on the morning of the event with rain and 25 yards of visability

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A pool table has been taken to the top of the Brecon Beacons’ highest peak as part of a bizarre fund-raising event.

It was carried to Pen-y-Fan’s summit, some 2,907ft (886m) high, by 20 men to help money for the Merthyr Tydfil branch of the Cancer Aid charity.

Organiser Dean Thomas said he was inspired to stage the event by a story of a piano found on Ben Nevis in May.

The table has remained on the mountain top since walkers donated money to play a frame of pool last Saturday.

The National Trust, which owns the mountain, said it had given Cancer Aid permission to run the event.

Meanwhile, Mr Thomas said he and his 20 friends planned to carry the 285kg table back down on Saturday.

“The idea came from the story about the piano found on Ben Nevis,” said Mr Thomas, from Merthyr.

“I run the pool league in Merthyr and I got together with a few friends and decided to play on Pen-y-fan. We hope to raise between £2,000 and £3,000 for Cancer Aid.”

A tent was also erected on the summit so players could enjoy some refreshments out of the rain and wind.

Mr Thomas added: “There were quite a few walkers about and we had people from New York, New Jersey and Christchurch (New Zealand) donating money. We had a bucket and raised about £340 on the day itself.” Next to arrive on the peak were a group of squaddies who for obvious reasons declined to state their company, but brecon Beacons is a well known training area for all service men/women. they were stunned to see the table ,( which i mighht add was a full size table including the very heavy slte)the leader of the squad then radioad in and his words were Sarge you are not going to f-g believe this but we just had a game of pool on top of pen-y-fan. (priceless)

some two days later

Walker Michael Davies, 62, from Cadoxton, near Neath, was enjoying a day out with his grandson, Richard Tarhar, 20, when they stumbled across the table on the summit on Tuesday.

“It was the last thing I expected to see on top of Pen-y-Fan,” he said.

“We just couldn’t believe our eyes.”

The pool table was also spotted on Sunday by Mark Jones of Brecon Mountain Rescue Team.

Adrianyank