Representing providers of Outdoor Adventurous Activities in South Wales and the Brecon Beacons
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The following notice from Powys County Council has appeared at Glasbury Bont, which we assume is not an April Fool! “Please do not launch canoes or other water craft from this site at the current time. The Council is not able to permit launching until such time as a renewed environmental consent is in place…”. … Read more
We have received reports from landowners at Clun Gwyn that some gorge users were toileting in their fields last year. Trespassing on private land, indecent exposure, climbing over fences / hedges or leaving human excrement in fields (where others might come across it or livestock might ingest it) are all unacceptable and are exactly the … Read more
SWOAPG has received the following message from the owner of the south bank of the Sychryd, re-iterating and adding to the message in our online gorge training regarding access to their land across the Sychryd footbridge: “As Easter approaches we are all looking forward to business improving. We have put up attached signs on our … Read more
The Welsh Government has confirmed that it will be easing lockdown restrictions slightly from tomorrow (Sat 27 Mar): The ‘stay local’ rule is lifted, meaning we (and our clients) can all now travel freely within Wales (but not to / from outside of Wales, other than for essential reasons such as work). This should make … Read more
Many thanks to those instructors who’ve already started (or completed!) SWOAPG’s new online gorge Code of Conduct training. This is just a reminder / clarification of all the steps you need to take before we can consider you to have completed the training: Complete the course Introduction to the Codes of Conduct for Gorge-Walking in … Read more
Here’s the latest information from Welsh Government – the key point for most Outdoor Providers is that “Organised activities (30 outdoors, 15 indoors) will be considered as part of the 22 April review” – which suggests that the end of April is the earliest we can expect any kind of ‘normal’ outdoor activity involving adult … Read more
Tuesday 30th March 11.00am-12.30pm, a virtual event on Zoom. Brecon Beacons National Park Authority and Brecon Beacons Tourism are inviting accommodation and hospitality providers to come along and make “connexions” between activity and experience providers. You may already have partnerships or networks in place, but there might be some businesses that you are unaware of. … Read more
We have received the following message from Way2Go Adventures, suggesting that VAT-registered Providers contact the Federation of Small Businesses to help them lobby for a reduction in VAT rate due to the impact of Covid on our sector: “This may be interest to SWOAPG members that are VAT registered and who fall into the Tourism … Read more
Many thanks to those of you who’ve responded to our request for contributions to cave Radon monitoring. We’ve already had around £800 pledged to support this work, but it’s not too late to join in – please contact coordinator@swoapg.com if you’d like to contribute to one or more dosimeters. NB contributions need to reach Richard … Read more
Many thanks to those of our Members who’ve renewed your SWOAPG membership already – if any others of you need a reminder of how to pay, please let us know! As we have already indicated, this year we are changing the gorge training requirements slightly, so that all Providers and Gorge-Leaders now need to review … Read more