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We have received the following update following the OEAP/AHOEC meeting with the education team from WG yesterday: (Apologies if the format isn’t great, there’s a limit to what I can do with a mobile phone on the top of a mountain!) The majority of the meeting was spent putting questions that colleagues had asked us … Read more
The Brecon Beacons National Park Authority and Ystradfellte and Pontneddfechan Community Council are asking anyone who has visited, are visiting or are a resident of Waterfall Country to complete a new visitor survey. The survey, being undertaken over the next year through on-site interviews and online, will look at building on current work to alleviate … Read more
NB the message below reflects a change to the advice currently presented in SWOAPG’s Code of Conduct training regarding access to the ‘waterfall jump’ on the Sychryd. We’ll be updating our training to reflect this new advice in due course. As we have advised previously, there has been recent tension regarding use of the top … Read more
Thanks to Andy Lewington of Pendarren House OEC for this update – I believe this refers to the passage from ‘entrance M’ marked on the UBSS & CDG Survey 1977: “Near the resurgence is a short passage that used to be dry with the occasional puddle becoming a wet crawl leading through debris to the … Read more
We have received reports of the landowner on river-left at the top-end of the Sychryd objecting to groups jumping from the lower ledge of the top waterfall (i.e. the ledge used to crawl behind the waterfall). Although he has specifically told SWOAPG that he does not wish groups to jump from his land across the … Read more
Thanks to Storey Arms Centre for providing the following updates: “A dipper is nesting in one of the holes in the broken bridge [below Bwa Maen in the Sychryd Gorge] so pass with care and respect. See pic below.” There have been “huge changes [in the structures and the flow] at Loonies’ Leap and we … Read more
Further to our recent post (copied below), BBNPA has advised us that “we have recently received an engineers report on the Gunpowder Works footpath, and it will have to remain closed until remedial work has been done, so please will you remind providers that this section of the path could collapse at any time and … Read more
Just in case you hadn’t already heard (!), here’s the latest from Welsh Government: Up to 6 adults from 6 households will be able to meet outdoors from Saturday 24 April. Organised activity for up to 30 adults will begin, as planned, on Monday 26 April. Indoor Group activity for up to 15 adults can … Read more
The following advice has just been issued by the British Caving Association: “We have received confirmation from the Welsh government that led caving and mine exploration activities in Wales can recommence from May 3rd. We await definitive dates for England, but following the same criteria, May 17th looks likely. It remains essential that all [cave … Read more
We have just been informed by Powys County Council that the suspension of canoe launching at Glasbury Bont is likely to continue for some considerable time (possibly months rather than weeks), since they are now required to undertake a “Habitat Regulations Assessment” before they can recommence any launching activity on the common. They have, however, … Read more