Representing providers of Outdoor Adventurous Activities in South Wales and the Brecon Beacons
SWOAPG_admin One of our Members had their minibus broken into yesterday while caving at Ogof Clogwyn. This follows a couple of incidents of ropes and equipment being ‘interfered with’ outside the cave in recent months; providers using this area should consider taking extra care not to leave valuable kit accessible or unattended when using the cave…
Further to our recent message (Advance warning – possible airlift Sgwd y Pannwr 2 Oct and cliff inspection Porth yr Ogof 23-25 Nov), BBNPA has confirmed that the postponed airlift is now scheduled to take place on either Tue 20th or Thu 22nd October, depending on conditions. The Mellte gorge will be closed to activity … Read more
Thanks to Storey Arms for the following message and photos: “Recent rock fall on the approach to the top waterfall slide at Blaen y Glyn – just after you duck under the tree on river right when approaching the waterfall. There’s also a slat missing from the footbridge” Take care out there!
Thanks to Black Mountain Activities for the following message and photographs – take care out there! “The area of the gorge which was recently cleared for climbing (between the top of the cascade and the jumping pools) has had a landslip, releasing trees from above [onto the path and into the river]”
Further to our recent message (repeated below) we can confirm there will NOT be an airlift in the Mellte gorge on Friday – apologies for late confirmation. We’ve received the following messages from BBNPA and will send further messages when we receive confirmation: “We may be doing an air lift to Sgwd Yr Pannwr on … Read more
We’ve received the following messages from BBNPA and will send further messages when we receive confirmation: “We may be doing an air lift to Sgwd Yr Pannwr on Friday 2nd October, will confirm this on Wednesday, it’s all still up in the air (pardon the pun) as we are waiting to see if the helicopter … Read more
We’re aware that’s it’s been a long time since we posted a general update about the Glasbury-Hay canoeing situation – largely because things haven’t really moved on much since our last post in November 2024 (River Wye Glasbury-Hay Update when we said pretty much the same thing!). However, Powys County Council is at last taking … Read more
Following the ‘near-miss’ in March, when Dwr Cymru Welsh Water and Bannau Brycheiniog National Park staff failed to inform cave users of a planned water release, both organisations have – with SWOAPG support – reviewed their procedures to ensure that this can’t happen again. They will now: BBNPA has also considered ‘closing’ the cave on … Read more
SWOAPG Members will already be aware of various messages in the last 3 months relating to issues with gorge-walking groups in Waterfall Country – particularly in the Sychryd / Dinas Rock area: we have reported problems with litter (including within the changing areas); with group behaviour; with parking and changing; and with trespass on the … Read more
NRW has advised us of a rockfall that has taken place river-right just below Sgwd Clun Gwyn (following a report received late yesterday afternoon from a member of the public regarding a rumbling sound followed by a splash in the river) – users will recognise the location from the attached photographs but in case of … Read more