Caving, climbing, kayaking, walking and other attractions in the fantastic Tawe Valley (Glyntawe). We will stay at the SWCC Cottage in Penwyllt which costs £10 per night including facilities for non-members. It is an excellent base for a family outdoor and caving weekend:

• Unlimited free parking
• Large, well equipped, family friendly premises with dormitories, rooms for families, and plenty of camping space
• Fantastic location:
  • The biggest caves are Ogof Ffynnon Ddu and Dan yr Ogof, right on the doorstep:
    • Ogof Ffynnon Ddu
      • top entrance is great for novices and children
      • through trip is a classic for intermediate and experienced cavers
    • Dan yr Ogof
      • tourist cave have extra stuff for the children (like dinosaurs!)
      • various fantastic routes for intermediate and experienced cavers
      • we have got a leader booked for Saturday
  • Also Pant Mawr, Pwll Dwfn and many other smaller caves nearby
  • Excellent walking, bouldering, climbing, kayaking nearby
  • The Ancient Briton always has a nice menu and great range of guest beers…

I hope that enough people will come, that people can effectively baby-sit for each other, thus allowing parents to do some proper caving.

Book early if you want to guarantee a bed space in the cottage.

A while back I was approached to see if I would be interested in going
up to North Wales and taking some photographs in some of the Big
Chambers in the Slate Mines. Some of which have not been photographed
for a very long period of time and even then it was with Magnesium
Flares etc. Of course I jumped at the chance but also realised this was
not something I could undertake on my own. So far I have recruited a
good team of photographers with 11 confirmed participants and 1 other
person who is yet to decide. To accommodate everyone I have booked a
Bunk House in the Ogwen Valley for the weekend 11th -13th of October
2019 that sleeps 14 people. So I currently have 2or 3 vacant places for
the weekend. Cost wise it is £17.00 per person per night. So if you
would be interested in helping out with gear moving, light holding etc
and the opportunity to see some of these chambers lit up as they have
not been for a very long time and bag yourself some photos then please
let me know. We are also planning on undertaking some 360 Degree
Photographs and taking lots of lighting. This is going to be a pretty
unique opportunity.

Hello All, Following on from the success of our trip to Ireland in
October 2018 plans are already moving forward for a follow up trip in
October 2019. The dates being Saturday 26th October – Saturday 2nd
November. We already have two cars booked and five people going. Stena
Line are currently offering 30% discount for early bird bookings. (I can
forward you the link and you can also raise some money for GCRG in the
process by using Easyfundraising) This is more than we got last year and
makes quite a considerable difference. Taking advantage of the Premium
Booking and the Stena Lounge Plus a car and two passengers return has
worked out at £293.00 all in. A very good deal. We have also taken
advantage of booking rooms early at the Travelodge in Hollyhead for the
Friday Night. Currently £34.00 for a family room. With the ferry
terminal only 10 minutes down the road it makes for a great start to the
trip and takes away the need to get up early on the saturday morning to
travel up. Yes Ok I appreciate you need to be able to take the Friday
afternoon off to do this but it is well worth it. We again plan to stay
at the Lough Melvin Center in Garrison where last year we had Bed/
Breakfast and an evening meal for £35.00 a head which was fantastic
value for money. I have not as yet confirmed prices for this year but I
am sure it will be a similar good value figure. The Center gives us
everything we require and it is only a short drive to the caves. Last
year there was the opportunity to get underground everyday and also
plenty of walking and other activities.If you are interested in joining
the trip please let me know. I can’t guarantee the weather but everyone
who went last year had a fantastic time and there are caves for all
abilities.

Classic slate mine through trip