Representing providers of Outdoor Adventurous Activities in South Wales and the Brecon Beacons
NRW has alerted us to an unstable column of rock on former footpath 86 above the Upper Mellte gorge and has issued the attached amendment to the Concordat access map with the addition of a new ‘fragile – no go zone’ area and request that users should stay river-right immediately above Sgwd Clun Gwyn Isaf.
Several SWOAPG Members have, quite understandably, been asking for updates on the access situation with Loonies’ Leap and the Wye from Glasbury-Hay. Sadly we don’t have anything positive to report just yet, however: BBNPA has received an engineer’s report for loonies’ Leap and will advise us as soon as possible on whether the site can … Read more
Regular users of Loonies’ Leap will be aware that the stonework at the top of the main jumping area has been deteriorating for some time. We have now received the following message from BBNPA: “We have had an engineer look at the weir and rock outcrops around loonies leap and have found that it is … Read more
We received reports and pictures of ‘new’ hazards in the Mellte at the end of March – apologies for the delay in sending these out. Regular users will already be aware of these, but if not… see attached photos of various tree hazards barbed wire was wrapped around a tree near the beach in the … Read more
SWOAPG has now published a new online training course comprising 2023 updates to our Gorge-Walking Code of Conduct Training for the Upper Mellte gorge; which can only be completed once the ‘main’ (2021) training courses have been completed. Representatives of all Upper Mellte Gorge-Walking Providers are required to complete this training; before they will be … Read more
SWOAPG has published a new online training course comprising 2023 updates to our Gorge-Walking Code of Conduct Training for the Dinas Area (Sychryd and Lower Mellte gorges); which can only be completed once the ‘main’ (2021) training courses have been completed. Representatives of all Gorge-Walking Providers are required to complete this training before they will … Read more
We have received the following urgent message from Brecon Beacons National Park Authority: “Access to the Mellte gorge will be restricted on Thursday 5th Jan due to an ongoing incident. The gorge downstream from lower Clun-gwyn will not be usable for Gorge walking. We will update you when able but as always if any members … Read more
Some of you may be aware of an incident in the Mellte gorge on Sat 6 Aug when a member of the public fell from the cliff on river-left above Clun Gwyn Isaf. Several Providers and their clients witnessed the incident and managed the scene and casualty until the emergency services arrived to perform an … Read more
Although the response to our online Code of Conduct training courses for both the Sychryd and Mellte gorges has been very positive, we appreciate that this method might not suit everyone, particularly Providers who are new to using the gorges. We are therefore considering offering a ‘face-to-face’ workshop consisting of a (dry) walk-through of the … Read more
This is just a quick reminder to all Sychryd Gorge users that you may only continue to use the Upper Mellte Gorge after 1 May 2022 (and the Sychryd and Lower Mellte Gorges after 1 April 2022) if your gorge leaders have completed our updated Code of Conduct training course for the gorges: (2022) Update … Read more