Eglwys Faen dig / gate update

Thanks to Dan Thorne for the following update: “The gate / scaffold barrier in Eglwys Faen is now at the second Sump location in St Patrick’s Passage (see survey). There is no gate now at the St Patrick’s Sump location as we reported a few months back.The smell of bang fumes had dissipated yesterday but there … Read more

Hazard to paddlers on Upper Usk: fish trap in operation during March to May

Natural Resources Wales has advised us that they will be operating fish traps on the Upper Usk (at Abercamlais on the Sennybridge-Aberbran section) during the period March-May 2021. Although we anticipate few paddlers using the rivers during this period, anyone contemplating a trip on either river section needs to be aware of this hazard: the … Read more

Waterfall Country Gorges Code of Conduct Training – Certificates now available to download online

If you have completed one of more of our online gorge Code of Conduct training courses, you are now able to download your certificates for the Sychryd & Upper Mellte courses direct from their ‘home page’  – login to each course at Courses – South Wales Outdoor Activity Providers Group and hit the ‘Download Certificate’ … Read more

Caves Radon Update

Thanks to Richard Hill for the following update (and for organising the recent monitoring exercise): Hi All Attached is a spreadsheet including the latest sampling for the South Wales cave venues. I have added the data into the BCA spreadsheet which will be updated on the BCA site soon I hope: https://british-caving.org.uk/?s=radon You should by now … Read more