Gay Outdoor Club: South Wales Walks 2008

Contact details for South Wales Group

Sunday 27 January. The first of our 2008 walks with a water theme. Meet at the Fire Station, Abercynon. A circular 6 mile walk along the Trevethick Tramway (first steam railway in the world) to Aberfan Cemetery crossing the Rivers Taff and Cynon and back along Abercynon Ridgeway. Please bring a picnic. Soup provided at the end.

Sunday 24 February. North Gower. Estuary walk A 6 mile walk through nature reserve, pine forests and sand dunes to Whitford Point. Bird watching in the Loughor estuary. Meet in car park at the end of Llanmadoc village-signed Whitford beach car park.
Gogledd Bro Gwyr. Taith 6 milltir o hyd y morfa, trwy warchodfa natur coed pinwydd a thwyni i Penrhyn Whitford Point. Gwylio adar yn aber Llwchwr. Cwrdd yn y Maes Parcio ym mhen pella pentre Llanfadog, wrth arwydd Maes Parcio Traeth Whitford.

Sunday 30 March. Ystradfellte Waterfalls. Meet at Ystradfellte Church for a 7 mile walk visiting Porth yr Ogof caves and Sgwd yr Eira (overhanging falls). Bring picnic.
Rhaeadr Ystradfellte. Cwrdd wrth Eglwys Ystradfellte, am daith 7 milltir o hyd yn ymweld ag ogofeydd Porth yr Ogof a Sgwd yr Eira. Dewch a phecyn bwyd.

Sunday 27 April. Llanthony priory/Offa’s Dyke. Meet at Llanthony Priory. Walk through Llanthony valley by the River Honddu. Lunch at Cwm Moy.6 miles. Then up to Offa’s Dyke with panoramic views, returning to the Priory for a drink.
Priordy Llanddewi Nant Hodni a Chlawdd Offa. Cwrdd ym Mhriordy Llanddewi Nant Hodni. Cerdded trwy gwm Hodni ar lan yr afon, ciniawa yng Nghwm Moy ac yna hyd Glawdd Offa gyda golygfeydd eang cyn dychwelyd i'r Priordy am ddiod.

Sunday 25 May. Pen y Fan circuit: an 8 mile walk climbing to the summit of South Wales’s highest mountain (886m) in the Brecon Beacons and visiting the mountain lake Llyn Cwm Llwch. Meet at the car park at the end of a minor road 4 miles south west of Brecon. The car park can be reached by country lanes from the A470 at Libanus. Bring a picnic.
Cylchdaith Pen-y-Fan. Taith 8 milltir o hyd, yn dringo I gopa mynydd uchaf de Cymru ym Mannau Bryceiniog heibio i lyn mynyddig Llyn Cwm Llwch. Cwrdd yn y maes parcio ar ben y lon 4 milltir tua'r de-orllewin o Aberhonddu (gadewch y A470 yn Libanus). Dewch a phecyn bwyd.

Sunday 29 June. Mid Wales walk. Meet in the cafe at the Visitor Centre, Elan Valley reservoir. A 6 mile walk through forest, moorland and lead/aluminium mines with spectacular views of 3 dams. Not too strenuous. Bring a picnic.
Taith y Canolbarth. Cwrdd yng Nghanolfan Croeso Cronfa Cwm Elan. Taith 9 milltir o hyd, heb fod yn rhy egniol dros Fynydd Epynt yn croesi ambell i nant.

Sunday 27 July. Blorenge (near Abergavenny). A walk up taking in reservoirs connected with Blaenavon’s industrial past. Meet in the small car park in Llanfoist, known as the Llanfoist Crossing car park. Picnic lunch.
Y Blorenge, nid nepell o'r Fenni. Taith i'r cronfeydd cysylltiedig a gorfennol diwydiannol Blaenafon. Cwrdd yn y Maes Parcio bach yn Llanfoist (adnabyddir fel Maes Parcio Llanfoist Crossing). Dewch a phecyn bwyd.

Friday 1 – Monday 4 August. Annual GOC gathering at Worcester

Sunday 31 August. Our annual Monknash walk along the Glamorgan coast. Parking on the road outside Atlantic College. Bring picnic and a towel.
Ein pererindod blynyddol i'r As Fawr ar Arfordir Treftadaeth Morgannwg. Parcio ar y ffordd tu allan i Goleg yr Iwerydd, Dewch a phecyn bwyd. Bydd cyfle i nofio ger Yr As Fawr - felly dewch a lliain sychu os am ymdrochi.

Friday 19 – Sunday 21 September: Cadair Idris is King! Everyone is welcome... We will have the sole use of Kings Youth Hostel near Dolgellau in a beautiful woodland setting by a stream between the mountains and the sea in Southern Snowdonia. As in previous years we will self-cater and have a communal meal on Saturday night. Country and mountain walks are planned for both days. Good area for cycling and mountain biking, volunteer co-ordinators please step forward. £25.00 deposit for the weekend ... It should be a cracking time! Want to join us during the day on Saturday? Great but please get in touch in advance as there's no mobile signal at the YH. For the Sunday see our other entry in this issue for our usual Sunday walk.
Idris yw'r Brenin! Croeso i bawb … ni yn unig fydd yn defnyddio Hostel Ieuenctid Kings a leolir mewn coedwig brydfeth rhwng môr a mynydd ger Dolgellau yn Eryri. Fel sydd wedi digwydd o'r blaen bydd pawb yn darparu ei fwyd ei hun a chawn un pryd cymunedol nos Sadwrn. Trefnir teithiau cerdded amrywiol bob dydd ac mae'r ardal yn boblogaidd fel canolfan seiclo a beicio mynydd … a oes rhywun am wirfoddoli? £25 blaen-dâl am benwythnos ardderchog! A ydych am ymuno a ni ar y dydd Sadwrn yn unig? Gwych, ond cofiwch gysylltu ymlaen llaw gan nad oes signal ffôn symudol yn yr hostel. Ceir cofnod arall yn y rhifyn hwn sy'n disgrifio ein taith ddydd Sul.

Sunday 21 September. Part of the All Wales Weekend. Dolgellau and the Mawddach estuary. A delightful walk along the Mawddach estuary ending at Barmouth where there will be time for afternoon tea before returning by bus. An easy, flat walk of about 8 miles, bring packed lunch. Meet at the car park at Penmaenpool, by the George III hotel on the A493 Dolgellau to Tywyn road.
Un o deithiau Penwythnos Cymru Gyfan. Dolgellau a Dyffryn Mawddach. Taith gerdded hyfryd ar lan yr Afon Mawddach gan ddiweddu yn Y Bermo lle bydd amser i gael te bach cyn dychwelyd ar y bws. Taith hawdd rhyw 8 milltir dros dir gwastad. Dewch a brechdanau. Cyfarfod yn y maes parcio ger gwesty George III ym Mhenmaen-pul ar ffordd yr A493 rhwng Dolgellau a Thywyn.

Sunday 26 October. Carreg Cennen Castle. A gentle 4 mile walk with spectacular views of the castle (weather allowing). The path can be muddy if wet and there is a short steep climb at the end. Meet at Castle Car Park. To find the castle, follow the signs to Trap. From M4 follow A483 to Ammanford. Coninue through two sets of traffic lights onto A474 to Glanaman. About a mile from the town centre turn left to Trap (also signposted for municipal recycling centre). At Trapthe Castle is well sign-posted. An option to visit the Castle (£3.50) and tea shop at the end of the walk.
Castell Carreg Cennen. Taith 4 milltir hamddenol, gyda golygfeydd bendigedig o'r castell. Gall y llwybr fod yn fwdlyd ac mae un darn byr serth ar ddiwedd y daith. Cyfarfod ym maes parcio'r castell. Dilynwch yr arwyddion i Trap I ddod o hyd i'r Castell. O'r M4 dilynwch yr A483 i Rhydaman. Ewch trwy'r sgwar, gan ddilyn yr A474 tuag at Glanaman. Tua millitir o'r sgwar, trowch I'r chwith wrth yr arwydd i Trap (mae arwydd i safle ail-gylchu'r cyngor). Mae arwyddion at y castell o bentre' Trap. Ar ddiwedd y daith, fedrwch ymweld a'r castell (£3.50) a'r cafe.

Sunday 30 November. Details to be confirmed.

We may organise some additional walks in the summer, and as usual there will be a Christmas dinner in December.


For further information see the GOC Outdoors magazine.