Revamping the Brecon Beacons National Park

From today, The Brecon Beacons National Park (South Wales) will be renamed Bannau Brycheiniog and its logo replaced (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/17/brecon-beacons-relaunches-with-welsh-name-bannau-brycheiniog-as-picture-of-hope-for-future). The former Brecon Beacons National Park is a much-loved collection of impressive hills, frequented by outdoor enthusiasts, field courses and military training. The new name translates as 'The Peaks of Brychan's Kingdom'. Brychan was a local 5th Century king. The former logo featured a burning beacon. Beacons were a metal-enclosed fires, formerly lit on hills, to signal events of national importance, like invasions. The beacon has now been relegated to history on the basis of its 'greenhouse gas' emissions. The new logo will feature a crown, star-strewn skies, hills and watercourses. This all sounds relatively uncontentious. One could argue, however, that including a crown is a bit 'feudal', even if it harks back to the 5th century. Revamps, like this, might well be ocassionally needed but, hopefully, the National Park will continue to serve its primary purpose of enthusing people about the natural world.