When you lace up your outdoor footwear for a trip to the stunning Brecon Beacons, what's the first thing that springs to mind?

The phenomenal scenery, perhaps? The dizzying range of wonderful walking routes? The little pubs tucked away here and there? The fine accommodation and wonderful, rustic food?

Perhaps. But this year it might well be that uppermost in your mind will be that you might get a glimpse of a host of movie stars.

That's because a growing number of film-makers are attracted to the popular Welsh region.

The park said that since January, eight major film-makers have expressed interest in shooting in the region, double that of the whole of 2010.

One movie, The Killer Elite, starring Robert de Niro, Clive Owen and Jason Statham, has been confirmed for filming.

Talking to the BBC, Samantha Games, of the Brecon Beacons National Park, said: "I think they work with us because the landscape offers such diversity.

"We've got plains that could double for the wild west, we've got quarries that work as lunar landscapes.

"Hitchhiker's Guide and Doctor Who have both filmed here and dramatic fantasy films love the waterfalls and remote mountain lakes."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-13269857