Talk: High Mountains of Papua New Guinea
2025-12-18 20:00 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Goytre Village Hall (GVH), Newtown Road, Penperlleni, Pontypool, NP4 0AW, United Kingdom
Join Peter for an audio-visual presentation about an international expedition that visited Papua New Guinea to climb two of the highest mountains, encountering some of the many tribes along the way.

Walk: Up & Under Pen Cerrig Calch. 17.8 km/11miles, 837m/2746 ft ascent (Moderate)
2025-12-21 09:30 - 17:00
Join Ralph for this moderately graded walk starting from Llanbedr winding our way up Cwm Banw to Pen Twyn Glas, over Pen Allt Mawr and Pen Cerrig Calch, descending via Perth Bunk House back to the start. Covering 17.8 km/11miles, 837m/2746 feet of ascent.
Start at 9.30am from Llanbedr Village Hall (£3 per car), OS Explorer Map OL13, grid reference S0 239203.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Indoor climb: Every Wednesday (September - March)
2025-12-24 18:00 - 2025-12-31 21:30, 2026-01-07 18:00 - 2026-01-14 21:30, 2026-01-14 18:00 - 2026-01-21 21:30, 2026-01-21 18:00 - 2026-01-28 21:30, 2026-01-28 18:00 - 2026-02-04 21:30, 2026-02-04 18:00 - 2026-02-11 21:30, 2026-02-11 18:00 - 2026-02-18 21:30, 2026-02-18 18:00 - 2026-02-25 21:30 and 2 more dates | Summit Centre, Trelewis, The Old Drift Mine Trelewis, Treharris, CF46 6RD
Join us every Wednesday from 6pm for indoor climbing over the winter months from September through to the end of March 2026. There is a choice of 2 climbing venues so we hope to see you at one of them!
Boulders Cardiff, St. Catherines Park, Cardiff, CF24 2RZ
The Summit Centre, The Old Drift Mine Trelewis, Treharris South Wales, CF46 6RD

Walk: Christmas Blowaway. 17km or 12km / 10.5miles or 7.5miles (Moderate or Easy)
2025-12-28 09:30 - 17:00 | Pont Cadwgan Car Park
Walk off those extra kilos, blow away the cobwebs, and fill your lungs with bracing winter air. The Chairman’s ‘Christmas Blowaway’ is for those wanting a Sunday walk between Christmas and New Year.
The length of the walk will be weather dependent, to be decided a couple of days beforehand, once a weather forecast is available. Fine, dry, winter weather and we take the longer route. Depressingly wet and windy, and we’ll take the shorter one. Either way, we’ll begin from the Pont Cadwgan parking area in the Grywne Fawr valley in the Black Mountains. Map OL13, grid reference SO SO 267251 at 9:30am.
If good or reasonable weather:
17km/10.5 miles, 860m/2840ft ascent (Moderate)
Bal Mawr, Chwarel y Fan and Pan y Gadair Fawr circuit.
If poor, very wet/windy weather:
12km/7.5 miles, 530m/1740ft ascent (Easy)
Bal Mawr and Chwarel y Fan with a low-level return.

Walk: Corn Du & Fan Fawr Circuit. 20km/12.5 miles, 1100m/3600feet of ascent (Hard)
2026-01-04 09:00 - 17:00
Kay is taking us on this hard graded Corn Du & Fan Fawr Circuit walk . Starting from Craig Cerrig Gleisiad, over to Corn Du & back around via Fan Fawr. 20km/12.5 miles, 1100m/3600feet of ascent.
Start at the layby at Craig Cerrig Gleisiad nature reserve. OS Explorer Map OL12 grid reference SN 972 221. 9am start. Head torches essential.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Night Walk: Details to follow
2026-01-08 19:00 - 21:30
Further details to follow.
Head torch essential.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Walk: Wentwood Forest. 15km/9miles (Easy/Moderate)
2026-01-11 10:00 - 17:00
Join Annemarie for this Easy-Moderate graded walk around the Wentwood Forest area. Further details will follow in the email and WhatsApp info shared a week prior to the walk.
Start at 10am from Foresters Oaks carpark. OL14 Explorer Map, grid reference ST428939.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Annual Photo Competition 2026
2026-01-15 20:00 - 21:30 | Goytre Village Hall (GVH), Newtown Road, Penperlleni, Pontypool, NP4 0AW, United Kingdom
The judging and presentation of the results of the Club’s Annual Photographic Competition.

Walk: Possible Talybont circuit (email will follow if going ahead*)
2026-01-18 09:30 - 17:00
*Potential late addition to the walk programme. This walk may or may not go ahead so please check emails and the walk WhatsApp group for information and details nearer to the time.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Walk: Senghenydd Circular Walk, 13-18km/8-11.25miles, 804-1814ft/245-553m ascent (Moderate)
2026-01-25 10:00 - 17:00
Join Tom on this Senghenydd Circular Walk which offers both a shorter and longer distance option walk. The shorter distance walk is 8 miles with 245 metres of ascent. The longer distance walk is 11.25 miles with 553 metres of ascent.
OS Explorer Map 166, grid reference ST11459066.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Talk: Why catchment management matters - by Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water
2026-01-29 20:00 - 21:30 | Goytre Village Hall (GVH), Newtown Road, Penperlleni, Pontypool, NP4 0AW, United Kingdom
Many of the hill areas of Wales enjoyed by walkers and climbers are located in drinking water catchments. Human activity in the catchments can result in both positive and negative impacts. This talk provides an overview of Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water drinking water catchments, risks and risk mitigation, regulatory standards and customer expectations. It will be followed by a Question and Answer session.
Presenters: Nigel Elgar (Welsh Water Project Manager) and Greg Rushby (Welsh Water Catchment Scientist)

Talk: GR 20 Corsica illustrated talk
2026-01-29 20:00 - 21:30 | Goytre Village Hall (GVH), Newtown Road, Penperlleni, Pontypool, NP4 0AW, United Kingdom
Tref Beese has kindly offered, at very short notice, to give an illustrated talk on the GR 20 Corsica. The GR 20 is a high level walking route with some scrambling that makes a North to South traverse of the Island of Corsica or visa versa.
The route is very demanding, requires sure footing and is on the “bucket list” of many mountaineers/hill walkers.

Social: Pizza night
2026-01-31 19:30 - 22:30
Join us for the Club’s post-Christmas/post-New Year pizza night on Saturday 31st January at 7.30pm at the yummy Pizzeria Villaggio in Whitchurch, Cardiff. Pizzeria Villaggio is an independent restaurant with lovely food and they’re well-equipped to manage dietary needs. Menu here: https://www.pizzeriavillaggio.com/menu/
There is a large car park (Merthyr Road Pay and Display, CF14 1DB) near the restaurant and train stations nearby (Llandaf & Whitchurch).
Please contact Ian Goudge or Sara Davies with food orders and payment (preferably with a tip 😉) in advance. They’ll keep a spreadsheet, remind you what you ordered on the night (!!!! 😂) and pay the restaurant. Drinks are “pay as you go” on the night. There is a cut-off of 4th January for bookings. Please do come along for a great social.

Talk: Walking the Cumbria Way
2026-02-05 20:00 - 21:30 | Goytre Village Hall (GVH), Newtown Road, Penperlleni, Pontypool, NP4 0AW, United Kingdom
Alex will regale you with tales of his 70 mile walk through some of Cumbria’s most stunning scenery, from Ulverston in the south to Carlisle in the north.

Walk: A Circuit of the Fforest Fawr Hills. 25km/15.5miles, 1130m/3797 ft ascent (Hard)
2026-02-08 09:30 - 17:00
A Circuit of the Fforest Fawr Hills. 25km/15.5miles, 1130m/3797 feet ascent.
9.30am start. Heol Senni Village Hall, OS Explorer Map 12, grid reference SN 928 234.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Night Walk: Details to follow
2026-02-12 19:00 - 21:30
Full Moon. Further details to follow.
Head torch essential.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Club Winter trip: Corran, Scotland
2026-02-15 - 2026-02-20
Bunkhouse accommodation has been booked at Corran which is half way between Glen Coe and Fort William.
15 places reserved at the Corran Bunkhouse from Sunday 15th February to Friday 20th 2026. For more details on the bunkhouse, see their web page: www.corranbunkhouse.co.uk
Deposit of £50 per person to be paid into the GMC account (see recent email for details). Deposit needed by 25th September otherwise places may be lost as it is booking up fast.
When you have paid (or if you have any queries), please let John Singleton and Helen Lewis know.

Walk: Mynydd Maen Commons. 14.5km/9miles, 500m/1600feet ascent (Easy)
2026-02-15 09:30 - 15:30 | Mountain Air Car Park, Upper Cwmbran
At a leisurely pace, this walk with Sara will rise to and traverse two parts of Mynydd Maen Commons, including a descent into the upper reaches of the Nant Gwyddon to explore what is there. We expect to return to the cars at the starting point by mid-afternoon.
Start: 9:30am at the Mountain Air car park, Upper Cwmbran. Map OS Explorer 152, grid reference ST 277980.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Talk: Climbing through the peak of ignorance
2026-02-19 20:00 - 21:30 | Goytre Village Hall (GVH), Newtown Road, Penperlleni, Pontypool, NP4 0AW, United Kingdom
The recent talk on ‘risk and adventure’ got this Club member thinking. Realising that he was a touch lucky during his university years and for a while afterwards, Kevin Power will tell us tales of his rock climbing exploits in the 80s/90s.

Walk: Caerphilly Ridgeway. 22km/13m, 600m/2000ft ascent (Moderate)
2026-03-01 09:30 - 17:00
Join Mark for this Caerphilly Ridgeway walk of 22km/13miles, 600m/2000feet ascent.
From the carpark heading to the Warren & Caerphilly Common. Then circling around to Cefn Carnau, Cefn Onn & Coed Craig Ruperra. Onto Coed Cefn Pwll Du, Waterloo, Mynydd Rudry and back to the start.
9.30am start. Forest carpark at end of Van road OS Explorer Map 166, grid reference ST172863
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Talk: Oberland Traverse Glacier Trek
2026-03-05 20:00 - 21:30 | Goytre Village Hall (GVH), Newtown Road, Penperlleni, Pontypool, NP4 0AW, United Kingdom
Join Jon & friends for this talk on the Oberland Traverse Glacier Trek.
