Thanks to Mark Tiernan of Woodlands OEC for the following alert: “Last Friday, noticed that there had been a rock fall on to the Sychryd footpath, just past great wall above the cascades on the narrow section of the path past the rusting remains of the old tram carts before the ivy pool. A large … Read more

SWOAPG has received the following message from Hay Town Council. Providers launching at “The Gliss” (the public launch site river-right below Hay bridge) should particularly note their comments that “canoes are only to be launched and recovered at the designated launch site and not anywhere else on the area” and “any company found still not … Read more

Latest news from Brecon Beacons National Park re the landslide on the footpath river-right from Loonies’ Leap – not very encouraging, unfortunately: “We have engineers engaged and they will be coming up with a mitigation plan. It really depends on what they advise and how quickly we can get all the relevant permissions etc. Sorry … Read more

Beal have issued information and a recall for the ‘Tract Up’ manufactured by them. More details are available at the Adventure RMS website.

The latest Radon figures for caves in South Wales are now available on the SWOAPG website here. Many thanks to richard Hill for coordinating the latest survey and compiling the figures.

Message from NRW: “New anchor points have been installed either side of the exposed step above Ivy Pool in the Sychryd Gorge. These bolts have been placed to allow users to rig a traverse line, handline or a safety line for a spotter to manage groups across this step. If in doubt about the most … Read more

This is just a brief reminder that: all instructors leading groups in the Sychryd and Mellte gorges under the SWOAPG Concordat arrangements must have completed our new online Concordat training courses before leading groups in the gorges this year; and the path on river-left from Loonies’ Leap to the metal footbridge may not be used … Read more