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Many thanks to those who were able to attend the outdoor sector update meeting on 7 Sep. Thanks also to Mike Rosser & Martin Smith for their presentations. We’ve attached Mike’s presentation regarding the development of ‘Option 3’ and the HSE review of AALA. AdventureUK, the body behind the Option 3 proposal, will be releasing … Read more
The Wales Adventure Tourism Organisation (WATO) is hosting a virtual outdoor sector update meeting at 7pm on Wednesday 7th September 2022 to which all Providers are invited (with apologies for the short notice). The focus of the updates will be on: HSE review of Adventure Activity Licensing and the development of Option 3 Developments of the … Read more
The latest cave radon data is now available on Caving Resources web-page. Many thanks to Rich Hill for supplying this data.
We have discovered today that filming is taking place at Morlais Quarries again this week so the site is unavailable for climbing until Mon 5 Sep.
Blue Ocean Activities found a green instructor’s helmet at Dinas Rock last month – please contact them on 07557913809 / 07710981757 if you think it might be yours!
…for a recent flurry of identical (or very similar) e-mails from us: our automated newsletter software recently updated itself with an unexpected configuration change which we hope we’ve now sorted – but please bear with us if you continue to get a few more repetitive Daily Alerts: we’ll do our best to fix the problem … Read more
We’ve received the following update from Brecon Beacons National Park Authority – which although confirming that the access track to Loonies’ Leap is scheduled for repair, doesn’t actually commit to a timescale! We have asked NRW once again whether we can use the river-left path between the footbridges temporarily while the river-right track is closed, … Read more
Thanks to Gary Evans for the following information: “On 25th August, NRW visited the Ogof Clogwyn access path and painted Load ratings onto the rock at the Anchor Bolts – see attached photos. The NRW Site Manager explained that it had come up as a requirement during an internal Health & Safety review of the site … Read more
The new owner of Ogof y Ci and Llwyncilsanws farm has, following the death of the previous owner (their father), confirmed that they are happy for groups to continue using the cave BUT have requested that they do so in moderation (i.e. not day-after-day-after-day) AND that they make sure to park in the rough ‘layby’ … Read more
Canoe Wales has issued the following advice to paddlers in response to the current dry spell: “We recommend that you consider the following actions in order to minimise the risk to both yourself and the natural environment: Do not paddle on waterways which are too shallow and where you may come into contact with the … Read more