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Thanks to Mike Smith of Parkwood Outdoors Dolygaer for the following message: “I have now received an email from the Environmental Health Officer who instructed us to stop using the reservoir. She has stated we could now resume our use of the reservoir. Hopefully this means we can continue as usual for the new year.”

We have received notification from the Wye & Usk Foundation that, although the Abercamlais bridge has now been repaired (the cause of the current ‘closure’ following flood damage a couple of years ago), the access point at Sennybridge from the Farmers’ Market car park (behind the Red Lion pub) remains closed pending negotiations with the … Read more

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

Thanks to Dan Thorne for the following information: A scaffold “gate” has been put in place on route to the digs in Eglwys Faen beyond St Patrick’s Sump which will stop groups going into unsafe areas, however please be aware of any fumes and if it smells unusual keep away.

Thanks to Mike Smith of Parkwood Outdoors Dolygaer for alerting us to this hazard on the Usk: “Please see attached a picture from todays trip on the River Usk. It’s a river wide tree just above the water station (between Talybont and Mill Falls). At the moment it’s in flat water so not a big … Read more

Further to our earlier message (see below), thanks to Steve Sutton of Blue Dot Adventure for this updated photo showing the crack on the overhanging rock above Clun Gwyn, taken on Saturday: ORIGINAL MESSAGE: This message was sent us in September by one of our Members – apologies that we’ve only just got around to … Read more

This message was sent us in September by one of our Members – apologies that we’ve only just got around to posting it: hopefully most of you operating in the area will have already spotted this problem… “One of our guides noticed a large crack has opened up more on the over-hanging rock on the … Read more

We have been notified via Parkwood Outdoors Dolygaer that Pontsticill & Pentwyn Reservoirs are currently closed for watersport due to blue-green algae. We’ll send further updates if we receive them…

Researchers at Cardiff University (Dr Tom Smith) and Edinburgh University (Dr Rachel Hunt) are conducting scoping research into how outdoor instructors, leaders and aspirants make use of logbooks for their own training and record keeping. “We are interested in finding volunteers who would be willing to share their logbooks or other forms of record keeping … Read more

This is a ‘final’ reminder that the SWOAPG AGM is being held online, via Teams, at 6.30pm on Tuesday 23 November. Please come along and show your support! The agenda and papers are available on our website here: 23 Nov 2021 SWOAPG Annual General Meeting (online) – where you can also use the ‘RSVP’ button … Read more