Glanpant

07/05/2025

With Bannau Brycheiniog - Brecon Beacons - National Park – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉

07/05/2025

🐣🎉 The Curlew Connections Wales team have found the very first Curlew nest of the season!

Please remember to keep your dog on a short lead on open access land until the 31st July to help protect our precious wildlife 💚

📷 Jake Cohen

07/05/2025

🧭 ⛰️ 🌿 Planning an adventure in our National Park? Here are some tips for making your visit memorable - for all the right reasons!

🗺️ Plan your route before you visit. Use up-to-date maps and guides. Our Visitor Centres in Abergavenny and Libanus are open all weekend for ideas and information.

⛅ Check the local weather forecast in advance. Remember that conditions can change quickly on mountains

🚗 Do not block access to gateways or driveways when parking

🥾 Bring the right clothing and equipment for your planned activities

💧 Stay hydrated, listen to your body, and wear sunscreen

💚 Diolch and we hope you have a wonderful time 💚

📷 Craig Easton

07/05/2025

🌱 It’s estimated that we have 3,500 miles of hedgerow here in Bannau Brycheiniog - if the average density is 5 plants per yard, that's about 30 million trees and shrubs!

Hedgerows are integral to our landscape - to our climate, water, people, nature and place ⛅ 💧 🫶 🦔 ⛰️

This we’ll be celebrating hedgerows and all the connections they make!

21/04/2025

Eggstraordiny work by Ordnance Survey

The good eggs in our cartography team have been doing some very eggxtra complex analysis for us in the lead up to Easter...

According to their intense research 1,636,000 mini eggs would fit around the circumference of the Isle of Eigg. That's a sweet 32.72km

To put that to scale, that's 654,000 Creme eggs. 🥚

28/03/2025

Please help the Canals and Rivers trust with the support they've asked for.

PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE MON & BREC CANAL CAMPAIGN!

Everyone is worried, some are frightened, a lot are angry.

Firstly, don’t panic! A knee jerk reaction is totally understandable. Nothing is going to happen immediately. Everyone is safe, no boat is in peril, we are all looking forward to the start of the Spring/Summer season. That said, if we do nothing, the canal could go dry in the event of an extended hot, dry summer. Drought isn’t new, but it does happen more often in these times.

WHAT IS BEING DONE? :

A WhatsApp group was set up entitled “Preserve and Protect the Mon & Brec Canal Campaign”. It’s a core group of around ten people brought together from all aspects of canal life and its community.

This new page is the launch of the campaign.

POINTS TO THINK ABOUT :

1. CRT are not the bad guys here. They get the blame for the anything and everything on the canal.

2. NRW are obliged by law to protect the river Usk as it’s an SAC, a European environmental designation for species protection conservation area.

3. CRT appealed the NRW decision to limit water from the Usk. This cost them tens of thousands of £’s.

4. CRT are out of moves. They’ve had no choice but to let their customers know they’ve tried to defend the Mon & Brec in the courts and lost the case.

5. CRT have asked the public for help - A first and obviously embarrassing step for them.

6. CRT have told us how we can help. We must ALL plead with Welsh Government to use its influence to persuade NRW to reconsider/overturn the appeal decision.

7. Bridge 46 group put a template out there for canal users to adapt and email their MP/MS’s & other Governmental Depts.

8. APATHY! As usual everyone thinks slating CRT and demanding things via Facebook etc will resolve it. IT WONT HELP!

9. A small focus group is gathering of people from all areas of the canal community that have skills/contacts to begin a structured campaign.

10. A face to face meeting is needed with CRT to find out what more they need.

11. Terms of reference drawn up and aims for the campaign.

12. Action

We cannot jump straight to point 12. Action without preparation.

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP NOW? :

1. Stop maligning the Canal & River Trust on this issue. They have asked for our help?

2. Use the published template to voice your concern/fear/anger at the prospect of losing that which you value as a canal user. Email anyone else you think may have influence.

3. Sign the “Fund Britain’s Waterways” petition. It’s another way of raising the profile of all inland waterways.

4. Remain positive and optimistic and proactive. Together, we have a very loud voice and we need to act together.

Finally, If you have professional skills, knowledge and the time available to voluntarily devote to “Preserve and Protect the Mon & Brec Canal Campaign”. Please get in touch as soon as possible.

We need to expand the core group and we need experts in other fields as consultants as and when necessary.

The time will come when we will need volunteers to :

Leaflet drop

Help organise groups (stewards)

Possibly take part in Protests

BE READY!!

Photo of a de-watered section of the Mon & Brec Canal to complete repairs. Who wants a canal that could look like this?

28/03/2025

Cover of "Waterways World" just out.
And a 2 page report on the Water Abstraction inside.

Two of our team quoted in the report.

Preserve the past, protect the future - Save the Mon & Brec 🩵

26/03/2025

Northern Lights over Glanpant Bach this evening.

19/02/2025

Exciting news!... this year's organising committee have assembled and are ready to make a start with event prep. For now, here's the date for our annual Bwlch With Altitude Challenge - Saturday 28th June 2025 - and we can't wait to see you on the hill ☀️

15/02/2025

Delighted to share that we now have comfy mattress toppers in Glanpant Bach for an extra cosy stay, just in time for this weekend's guests.

12/02/2025

We’ve just launched a poster to promote our fantastic community shop, and we’d love your help spreading the word.

Take a look, and if you can, please share it far and wide with your friends and family. Your support means the world to us as we continue to grow!

Thank you so much!”