Newsletter - Carreg Cennen Walk on Sun 20/08

Hello all,

After a great Snowdonia Trip (with a trouser-browning climb up Crib Goch for the intrepid few!), we're back alive to tell you about more serene happenings in the Tawe Trekkers. Check out Laura's walk below, an easy route but with an interesting difference, and keep up to date with the busy summer social scene.

Carreg Cennen Castle Walk - Sunday 20th Aug

Set in the western foothills of the Black Mountain, This walk offers exceptional and ever- changing views of the dramatically sited Carreg Cennen Castle, perched high on an often vertical limestone outcrop some 300ft high.

This castle fits everyone's idea of what a ruined castle should be like. The walk itself has some steep but steady gradients as it crosses and re-crosses part of the Cennen Valley and is on quiet country lanes, over pleasant pastureland and along old tracks. The route also crosses some lovely streams and has a superb, steady final ascent through some delightful sloping woodland, to pass the entrance to the castle before the final descent back to the start.

Bring a torch! If we go into the castle then we can visit the dungeon/cave which is quite dark. It is believed entrance to the castle is about £3 so bring some groats with you.

Distance: 4 Miles

Difficulty: Easy

Meeting Points: Meet for a 0930 departure at County Hall Car Park or meet us at the walk start point, the car park for Carreg Cennen, at about 1030. Grid Ref for the walk start point is SN 666 193.

For more info please call Laura on 07968 109145.

Beer Festival - Update

We're still planning to meet on the Saturday for the Beer Festival in Mumbles, but it's the 26th August, not the 25th. I must've been drinking too much of the Old Dead Badger when I wrote the last message. Still 5pm at the Ostreme Centre unless you hear anything in the meantime to say otherwise. Give me a ring on 07766 652837 for more info.

Pontardawe Festival

The Pontardawe Festival is running from Aug 18th to 20th in Swansea in the fields by Ponty Leisure Centre and there'll be people from Tawe Trekkers and Tiger Bay Ramblers going along for the Craic. The event is a lively and varied mix of music, dance and culture with an alternative twist.

Day Tickets are £5 and weekend tickets with camping are £40.

Full details can be found at www.pontardawefestival.com and you can also contact Lindsey on 07731440554 for more info.