South Wales
Usk Valley, with Buckland Hill (foreground) and Sugar Loaf in the distance. Photo: Oleg Vityuk
The South Wales group generally walks on the last weekend of the month.
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Brecon Beacons National Park Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog
The South Wales area is surrounded to North by the Brecon Beacons National Park. Each year a number of members enjoy leading more adventurous hill walks to the peaks of the National Park, which is on our doorstep.
Cwmpaswyd ardal de Cymru i'r Gogledd gan Barc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog. Bob blwyddyn bydd un neu ddau o aelodau’r grŵp yn mwynhau arwain teithiau mwy anturus allan i’r tir gwyllt ac i gopaon yr ardal sydd o fewn cyrraedd rhwydd i ardaloedd dinesig de Cymru.
All Wales Weekend Penwythnos Cymru Gyfan
A highlight of the calendar is the All Wales Weekend. Every year in September, one of the groups in Wales organises a popular hostel or bunkhouse weekend. This is an opportunity to explore some of the hidden gems of the Welsh landscape in the company of a local guide. The weekends are sociable and an opportunity to meet with other GOC members. Usually a shared supper appears out of the chaos on the Saturday evening.
Un o uchafbwyntiau’r calendr yw Penwythnos Cymru Gyfan. Bob mis Medi, bydd un o’r grwpiau yn trefnu penwythnos mewn hostel. Bydd yn gyfle i ymweld â rhai o berlau tirwedd Cymru yng nghwmni brodor lleol. Mae’r penwythnosau yn gymdeithasol ac yn gyfle i daro sawl cyfeillgarwch newydd. Fel arfer, byddwn yn rhannu swper ar y nos Sadwrn ac yn aml bydd sawl taith a gweithgareddau amrywiol ar gael yn ystod y dydd.
Llwybr Epynt Way
The South Wales group, under the leadership of Austin, has completed it's journey around the 40 mile Epynt Way. The Ministry of Defence requisitioned more than 30,000 acres of land on the Epynt, near Sennybridge in 1940. This meant that the public were banned from large areas for safety reasons for over sixty years. Mynydd Epynt is a wild plateau covered largely in blanket bog and grass. The name Epynt originates from an expression meaning 'crossed by horse-path'. (Photos: John)
Mae grŵp de Cymru, o dan arweiniad Austin, wedi cwblhau crwydro'r 40 milltir o Lwybr Epynt. Atafaelwyd y tir uchel wyllt gan Y Weinyddiaeth Amddiffyn ym 1940 a gwaharddwyd mynediad cyhoeddus i’r ardal er mwyn diogelwch. Agorwyd y llwybr o amgylch Ardal Hyfforddi Pontsenni yn 2003 i roi mynediad i’r ardal mewn ffordd nad yw’n ymyrryd ag hyfforddiant milwrol. Mae’r llwybr yn cynnwys rhostiroedd agored, caeau amaethyddol, glannau afonydd a choetiroedd. Cyfeirir yr enw Epynt at lwybr porthmyn hynafol.
Coastline Arfordir
The area’s coastline faces the Bristol Channel and includes seaside resorts such as Barry Island, Penarth and Porthcawl, as well as spectacular natural features such as sand dune systems at Merthyr Mawr, the Glamorgan Heritage Coast (pictured) and the coastal marsh land of the Gwent levels. (Photo: Martyn)
Mae arfordir yr ardal yn wynebu Môr Hafren. Mae’n cynnwys cyrchfannau gwyliau glan môr Ynys y Barri, Penarth a Phorthcawl. Ceir yma nodweddion naturiol trawiadol, tebyg i dwyni tywod Merthyr Mawr, Arfordir Treftadaeth Morgannwg (llun) a chynefin ffos y Gwent Levels. (Llun: Martyn)
