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Rock UK Summit Centre is hosting a free event this Friday in aid of South and Mid Wales Cave Rescue to help replace the kit they lost earlier in the year in Thailand: Blackout – Climb by Head Torch Friday 19th October 6 – 10 pm Celebrating our 8th Birthday this year we are hosting … Read more

Plas Dolygaer (the Scout-owned accommodation centre & campsite at Dolgaer) is holding an open day on Sun 18 Nov, 12-4pm for anyone who may be interested in using the centre with groups. Plas-Dolygaer-open-day.pdf

Brecon Beacons National Park Authority is currently recruiting 2 Activity Leaders, which may be of interest to SWOAPG Members – see attached job pack for details. Grade 8: Salary: £23,111 – £25,463 per annum, pro rata, 18.5 hours per week, Fixed Term Contract – 1 Year Activity-Leader-Job-Pack-English-Version-October-2018.docx

Further to our recent message about the possible closure of the private access road from Pontneddfechan Community Centre towards Loonies’ Leap and the Gunpowder Works, we are working with BBNPA to provide documented evidence of continued, historical access along this route since the mid-1990s. The section of the route we are interested in is from … Read more

We regret that, due to the poor weather forecast for Friday 12 October we have decided to postpone our planned geology workshop. We will arrange refunds for those who have already booked places and will organise an alternative date in due course.  Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused by this short- notice decision. 

If any of you have attended geology workshops with Alan Bowring (of Brecon Beacons National Park Authority) you’ll already know how good they are! South Wales Outdoor Activity Providers Group still has spaces on a workshop with Alan on Friday 12 October, focusing on the geology of the Upper Swansea Valley. The workshop will run … Read more

Dear News, This is just a reminder that SWOAPG Members will be helping with some work that needs doing around Cwm Porth this Friday. Please come and join us if you can! 10am-5pm (come for all or some of the day), meet in Cwm Porth car park or find the team around the area. Most of … Read more

Some of you may have noticed fencing being erected along the lane leading from Pontneddfechan Community Centre towards the gunpowder works & Loonies' Leap and we are expecting the lane to be gated-off completely in the next few days. This is not connected with the gunpowder works conservation activity, but is an action being taken … Read more

Please consider coming to.. Lend your support at our Volunteer Working Day at Cwm Porth on 5th October – the more the merrier; and/or our Geology Day on 12th October with Alan Bowring of Brecon Beacons National Park Authority – a great opportunity to learn more about the geology of the Brecon Beacons to pass … Read more

Please join other SWOAPG members for this all-day workshop (classroom morning and hill-based afternoon), looking at how the hills near Cribarth are linked to the Sea, with Alan Bowring of Brecon Beacons National Park Authority. Possible content: Carboniferous Limestone – variety of units within it reflecting changing original marine depositional environments between 360 and 330 million years ago. Subsequent expansion of coastal … Read more