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OPAL surveys are entry level citizen science surveys and feature commonly found wildlife like worms, sycamore leaves, pond invertebrates, lichens, bugs and trees. They encourage people to observe and record the state of the environment and help them to find out how healthy it is. You can see them in detail on www.opalexplorenature The National … Read more

The National Park have some places available for “Adventures in the Sky” at Llangorse community centre 6pm-9pm on Tuesday 22nd March. Martin Griffiths who was the senior lecturer at the University of South Wales and is now a science presenter and Director of the Brecon Beacons Observatory will be leading the session. Learn about the … Read more

Sport and Activity Licensing and the National Trust in Wales Dear All, I am writing to let you know about a pilot for a new National Trust approach to sport and activity licensing that will be commencing in 2016. I have taken this opportunity to write to you all to explain our intentions, and avoid … Read more

CADW were particularly interested in holding events at their sites, specifically Caerphilly Castle and Raglan Castle, in the year of Adventure. In North Wales Snowdonia Active are partnering with CADW on some events such as taking a climbing wall to Denbigh Castle. CADW would be really keen to hear from any activity providers who would … Read more

The Great Weekend of Adventure is an opportunity just after Easter to inspire visitors and locals to have an adventure in Wales. Focussing on one specific weekend brings the whole industry together and gives a strong message to the media that Wales is most definitely the place to be for adventures. Over to you to … Read more

In 2013 the Welsh and UK Governments issued a joint consultation on proposals for abstraction reform. We received a wide range of views and broad support for our proposals and in 2014 we published our joint summary of consultation responses. We have continued working with interested parties since then to develop these proposals further. The … Read more

Please note that there has been a rockfall above the entrance to Ogof Pen Eryr. There is still some loose rock up and right of the entrance, so best not to linger by the entrance on entry and exit.  

BMC South Wales Area Hill Walking Afternoon Location: Pont Ar Daf car park, A470 nr Storey Arms, Brecon Type of Event: Meet Members and non-members of the BMC are welcome to join us on a walk around Pen Y Fan and Corn Du on Saturday 6thFebruary 2016. In addition to having a great afternoon in … Read more

There’s a link to the content plan at the bottom of this page. http://gov.wales/topics/tourism/year-of-adventure-2016/year-of-adventure-marketing/?lang=en It gives the broad idea of the monthly themes that VW’s social and web content will be following.

Although this may not be the best timing for a campaign of this nature, given the findings of the Green Paper are due out soon, it is perhaps better that we get behind the petition that not. National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to implement a Bill to establish statutory public rights … Read more