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The Outdoor Partnership and British Mountaineering Council are conducting a consultation regarding the feasibility of a community climbing wall being created in the Newport city area. To date, a consultation has been circulated within the local Newport climbing community who have shown support for the project. We are now looking to gather information and opinions … Read more
It’s getting busy in Waterfall Country! We appreciate that most of you are doing your best to have as little impact as possible – and that the sheer volume of tourists and their behaviour is the real problem (including disturbing nesting birds and incessantly building rock towers) – BUT… …we have also had reports of … Read more
The family who owns the farm with access to Ogof Y Ci had a bereavement recently and are holding a funeral on 6th June so have requested no caving to be done on this day. Please respect their wishes at this sensitive time.
The family who owns the farm with access to Ogof Y Ci had a bereavement recently and are holding a funeral on 6th June so have requested no caving to be done on this day. Please respect their wishes at this sensitive time.
AdventureRMS has released the following Safety Management Update: Petzl have issued a recall of TRAC CLUB trolleys (P023AB00 and P023AB01) due to a risk of breakage. Immediately stop using the trolleys affected by this recall. Full details can be viewed here.
We’ve just had this message from Oxfordshire outdoors, which other caving providers might like to be aware of: “For info we had a pupil who sustained a fairly deep cut to their hand whilst in the washing machine section of PYO on Thursday afternoon. Surprising – considering how well worn that section is – so … Read more
Thanks to Argoed Lwyd OEC for these pics of litter collected last Friday from the Dinas changing screens. Please could all Providers make an extra effort to clear up after your clients and keep these new screens as neat and tidy as they should be. Thanks!
Blue Ocean Activities has asked us to make other SWOAPG gorge users aware of the following: “We have recently been speaking to the landowner of the [river-left] side of the [Sychryd] and we have made an arrangement where we are working together, we will be promoting his camping pods and he is putting together a … Read more
The National Trust have announced that they will begin work in May on extending and improving the Pont ar Daf car park (situated on the foot of Pen y Fan), which will also include new visitor facilities. On completion, the car park will offer: 260 safe parking spaces away from the busy A470 road, including … Read more
If… you’re a resident in the Glasbury-on-Wye or Hay-on-Wye areas; and you care about whether paddlesport continues on the Wye from both these locations… …you might like to lobby your prospective local County and Community / Town Council nominees in advance of the forthcoming local elections on 5 May: they’re more likely to be receptive … Read more