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Back in July our Chair wrote to all our Members and our key stakeholders to explain that SWOAPG was facing a serious financial challenge (simply put, we were approximately £2,500 short of breaking even for our financial year) and that our Board of Directors was actively exploring avenues to reduce costs and find alternative funding … Read more

We’re aware that’s it’s been a long time since we posted a general update about the Glasbury-Hay canoeing situation – largely because things haven’t really moved on much since our last post in November 2024 (River Wye Glasbury-Hay Update when we said pretty much the same thing!). However, Powys County Council is at last taking … Read more

SWOAPG Members will already be aware of various messages in the last 3 months relating to issues with gorge-walking groups in Waterfall Country – particularly in the Sychryd / Dinas Rock area: we have reported problems with litter (including within the changing areas); with group behaviour; with parking and changing; and with trespass on the … Read more

From 1 September 2026, the law about regulated activity with children in England and Wales is changing, which might affect some SWOAPG Members. From that date the ‘supervision’ rule will no longer apply. This means that if a person teaches, trains, instructs, cares for or supervises children often enough, or overnight, they will be in … Read more

Things have been very busy again in Waterfall Country so far this season, with the Dinas Rock car park being particularly busy since the opening of the new pay-and-display parking opposite the Angel, which has only increased the pressure on the ‘free’ parking at Dinas Rock and within Pontneddfechan village (and which is, of course, … Read more

Following appointment of a new Village Hall committee, the contact details have changed for booking Pontneddfechan Village Hall. Please drop an e-mail to coordinator@swoapg.com if you’d like the details (we deliberately haven’t included the booking secretary’s personal e-mail in this public post!). The committee has also notified us that from September there will be an … Read more

The use of Waterfall Country for gorge-walking activity is a privilege extended to us by the custodians of the land (since there is no public right to swim in rivers nor for commercial activity within ‘access land’); and the local community welcomes us when we treat them with the respect they deserve – which is … Read more

We have updated the list on our website (and sent out ID cards) for current registered gorge-walking providers (see Gorge Walking) – if you’re not listed it probably means you’ve missed one of the steps below (or you’ve asked us not to publish your details)… Just to remind you, you’ll only be covered to use … Read more

We have updated the list on our website (and sent out ID cards) for current registered gorge-walking providers (see Gorge Walking) – if you’re not listed it probably means you’ve missed one of the steps below (or you’ve asked us not to publish your details)… Just to remind you, you’ll only be covered to use … Read more

We have updated the list on our website of current (paid-up) Full Members – if you’re not listed it probably means we haven’t yet received your payment (or you’ve asked us not to publish your details), but if in doubt please do drop us an email… SWOAPG Members can now renew their membership for 2026/7 … Read more