Product Recall – Beal Tract Up
Beal have issued information and a recall for the ‘Tract Up’ manufactured by them. More details are available at the Adventure RMS website.
Urgent alerts and other e-mails sent to Subscribers as well as paid Members
Beal have issued information and a recall for the ‘Tract Up’ manufactured by them. More details are available at the Adventure RMS website.
The latest Radon figures for caves in South Wales are now available on the SWOAPG website here. Many thanks to richard Hill for coordinating the latest survey and compiling the figures.
Message from NRW: “New anchor points have been installed either side of the exposed step above Ivy Pool in the Sychryd Gorge. These bolts have been placed to allow users to rig a traverse line, handline or a safety line for a spotter to manage groups across this step. If in doubt about the most … Read more
This is just a brief reminder that: all instructors leading groups in the Sychryd and Mellte gorges under the SWOAPG Concordat arrangements must have completed our new online Concordat training courses before leading groups in the gorges this year; and the path on river-left from Loonies’ Leap to the metal footbridge may not be used … Read more
We were in the Sychryd gorge at the weekend and were surprised to see several groups whose leaders were NOT displaying their ID cards visibly while in the gorge. Please remember that it is one of the requirements placed on us by NRW and BBNPA for providers operating under the SWOAPG Concordat that ID cards … Read more
Thanks to Want2Canoe for this warning: “A tree has been down (still attached by roots) and hanging in the river, in the flow of a rapid for a good few months now, from the left bank just below Hay Bridge. Now the water is low it is proving even more of a hazard because there’s … Read more
The Brecon Beacons National Park Authority (BBNPA) is currently advertising for suitable persons to apply for membership of the Brecon Beacons National Park Local Access Forum (LAF), to cover the whole of the National Park area. They will appoint between 12 and 22 members to the LAF. The role of the Local Access Forum is … Read more
Thanks to those regular Glasbury-Hay users who have already completed our questionnaire about patterns of usage on the river – please keep these coming, since they’ll be helpful to Powys County Council as they progress with their Habitat Regulations Assessment. The questionnaire is available at the following link: In the meantime, SWOAPG is continuing to … Read more
Further to our earlier posts – which suggested initially that everything looked set for residentials resuming on Mon 7th June – then questioned whether this was in fact the case following the Welsh Government’s announcement today… …we can now confirm our current understanding that the “phased move to alert level one” announced by the First … Read more
Following our earlier positive message from OEAP and AHOEC, the Welsh Government’s announcement at lunchtime today had left us none the wiser about whether residentials can begin again in Wales next week. If anything it suggests that only 3 (not 6) could share rooms. We’re hoping for more info which we’ll bring you as soon … Read more