Brecon Beacons News

The Brecknock Society have organised a 1 day conference on the 6th May that may be of interest to Park Society members. The subject is “Windows on the World: C18th & C19th travellers to and from Breconshire”. For more information see http://www.brecknocksociety.co.uk/docs/windows-on-the-world.pdf

The Society’s Executive Committee and our colleagues in the Alliance for National Parks Cymru (that we were instrumental in setting up) have great concerns that the Welsh Government are rushing towards legislation that could dilute the protection of National Parks in Wales. The Welsh Government’s “Future Landscapes Wales (FLW) Programme”, which is intended to make…

On our walks we see churchyards as part of our landscape, but an ancient churchyard can also be part of our Celtic heritage, even older than the church itself.  This is the fascinating subject for Peter Hatherley’s illustrated talk at The Bear Hotel in Crickhowell at 7.30pm next Wednesday 29th March.   Peter is a…

Hello members of the Brecon Beacons Park Society,   “Welsh for Walkers – Cymraeg i Gerddwyr” is the neat title for the talk that Wally James will be giving us at The Bear Hotel, Crickhowell, next week at 7.30pm on Wednesday, 15th February.   Here is his description for the talk:  “When did Welsh come…

Mile Ingeleby is unable to lead this walk due to illness. If there is any walk leader willing to take over please let us know via the website or email Frank Scott. (You may still turn up and agree an alternative amongst you!) Please do not email Anthea or Wally as they are away.

Since the last posting on the Powys Local Development Plan several letters have been published in the Brecon and Radnor on this matter (from Powys CC on one hand and primarily from CPRW on the other). Many organisations (including ourselves and the Snowdonia Society) responded with concern to the consultation on these latest changes to…

Allan Gibbs is taking us to the Himalayas in an illustrated talk on his eventful expedition to Dhaulagiri.  This will be on Wednesday 7th December at 7.30pm in The Bear Hotel, Crickhowell. Dhaulagiri is the seventh highest peak in the world, and it was first climbed in 1960.  Allan will be telling us the story…

Late changes to the Powys Local Development Plan, imposed by the Welsh Government, include a radical new renewable energy policy for Powys (including that part of the county lying close to the Brecon Beacons National Park). The new renewable energy policy differs dramatically from that put forward in earlier versions of the Local Development Plan…

Brecon Beacons Park Society members, Charles and Helen Henderson will be telling us about their adventures in hiking along the great mountain trail of the Pyrenees, the GR10, which runs all the way from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean.  Their illustrated talk will be at The Bear Hotel in Crickhowell at 7.30pm next Wednesday 9th…

We send out a printed copy of the Guided Walks and Events Programme quarterly, unless Members have opted to go electronic, when they will receive an email informing them when it is published. We have been informed that some people have not received the Winter programme. If this is the case, please inform Wally and…

Several of our members have a growing concern over the quality of the water in our rivers, and hence the bio-diversity they can support. The local branch of the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales share this concern and are holding an open meeting on this subject on the 29th Oct, 10.00 – 3.00, in…

Hello Park Society members, You may have seen from our programme that Toby Driver will be showing us photographs that he has taken while flying above the Brecon Beacons National Park over the past 20 years.  His presentation will be at The Bear Hotel in Crickhowell at 7.30pm next Wednesday 12th October. Toby works for…