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Wales Outdoors Wales Outdoors is a guided walk and guided tour business based in South Wales.

We offer hikes and historic tours on a near daily basis and throughout the year too... Welcome to Wales Outdoors, the most active and popular guided walking service in Wales.

Wales Outdoors subscribes to a variety of Welsh Government, local authority, mountain and tourism related content, so, w...
24/01/2025

Wales Outdoors subscribes to a variety of Welsh Government, local authority, mountain and tourism related content, so, we thought we’d write an information sharing and commentary post every now and again, when the news is newsworthy or where it piques our interest.

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This is what Andy has been arguing for, for the whole of Wales, for years. Let's get rid of the useless, tax burden that...
23/01/2025

This is what Andy has been arguing for, for the whole of Wales, for years. Let's get rid of the useless, tax burden that no one wants, sheep, and instead have a rich and diverse eco system naturally regenerate across the 78% of Wales that is set aside for grazing animals.

Game would be plentiful and who would say no to wild boar or venison as opposed to farm reared animals stuffed full of antibiotics and steroids?

https://nation.cymru/news/wales-largest-ecosystem-restoration-project-moves-forward-with-crowdfunder-success/

Think of Wales in 100 years time. The jewel in the crown of European landscapes in stark contrast to the monoculture that has so devastated the countryside that we see today.

Our communications with Mountain Training regarding the perceived lack of interest by them in standing up for their memb...
22/01/2025

Our communications with Mountain Training regarding the perceived lack of interest by them in standing up for their members with regards to the two tier onboarding policies of Visit Wales.

UPDATE: I wrote this prior to my victory following my five year campaign to have Visit Wales operate a level playing field.

The second job last week was a Cardiff City walking tour that is in the main orientation but the stories and anecdotes a...
21/01/2025

The second job last week was a Cardiff City walking tour that is in the main orientation but the stories and anecdotes are of the darker shade... After dealing with a drunk at the start point who had been following and targeting a single female traveller, with me having to confront him and send him on his way, we cracked on and visited multiple city centre delights with tales told that hopefully led to restless nights and disturbing dreams ;)

Two jobs last Friday. The first was a private booking for a VIP. The weather played ball and the two women were delightf...
20/01/2025

Two jobs last Friday. The first was a private booking for a VIP. The weather played ball and the two women were delightful company. One was a travel agent who was very well-travelled indeed and my job was to show off Wales to its very best potential with the aim of having her add Wales to her portfolio and so begin to send high value visitors to Wales. I think this was successful with Caerphilly Castle, St Fagans, Cowbridge and Southerndown selling the best of the south :)

17/01/2025

Capel Cartref - Spacious Holiday Let Pet Friendly

Cwmcarn Forest Drive is my go-to location for a dog walk, it's a few minutes from my house and has a great selection of ...
17/01/2025

Cwmcarn Forest Drive is my go-to location for a dog walk, it's a few minutes from my house and has a great selection of tracks and paths.

Join me at Outdoor Active, £10 off a subscription with code WALES10Z to see my regular tracks and routes in this area and across Wales :)

https://walesoutdoors.substack.com/p/outdoor-active-the-wales-

Caerphilly Tourism Association

16/01/2025

I have seen some pretty enormous sheep up in Gwynedd over the years, but this is ridiculous! South Wales has to win at everything 😤

In our opinion a far more deserving recipient of this award than the Brecon Beacons which for me has too much light poll...
15/01/2025

In our opinion a far more deserving recipient of this award than the Brecon Beacons which for me has too much light pollution and too many nights in the year with cloud cover...

Swansea, Wales Gower National Landscape was designated as an International Dark Sky Community by DarkSky International. This is an important achievement because the Gower Peninsula is one of the last…

We've been out delivering our The Darker History Of Cardiff Walking Touron these chilly nights... But then the dark even...
12/01/2025

We've been out delivering our The Darker History Of Cardiff Walking Tour

on these chilly nights... But then the dark evenings are perfect for a few ghostly tales...

Same advice applies to the hills of Wales...
12/01/2025

Same advice applies to the hills of Wales...

As cold weather continues, mountain groups issue advice to walkers heading out on to the fells.

This is our go to map app and it can be yours too. By using our discount code you will get £10 off the £27 per year subs...
11/01/2025

This is our go to map app and it can be yours too. By using our discount code you will get £10 off the £27 per year subscription which gets you digital OS maps for the whole of the UK, downloadable to your phone and printable too... The subscription also gets you discounts on major outdoor brands such as Helly Hansen, Garmin and Bergens... Use code WALES10Z at https://www.outdooractive.com/en/ or read more here - https://walesoutdoors.substack.com/p/outdoor-active-the-wales-outdoors

8 miles under our belts and a full Welsh breakfast consumed at Cwmcarn Forest Park, and all by 11 am. Wales was looking ...
10/01/2025

8 miles under our belts and a full Welsh breakfast consumed at Cwmcarn Forest Park, and all by 11 am. Wales was looking GLORIOUS yesterday morning :)

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Monday 09:00 - 22:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 22:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 22:00
Thursday 09:00 - 22:00
Friday 09:00 - 22:00
Saturday 09:00 - 22:00
Sunday 09:00 - 22:00

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The dogs were having a good time on Saturday just gone :)

It was very windy on New Year's Eve. Likely the ground is today snowy white...

Saturday 23rd November, you know, Storm Bert day, Graham was out with a private booking in the waterfalls area of the Brecon Beacons National Park...

On a wet day like today, the best place to be is the National Museum... https://walesoutdoors.substack.com/p/the-valleys-a-highly-recommended

We've reopened the Wales Outdoors shop... https://walesoutdoors.substack.com/p/wasup-weve-re-launched-our-outdoor

Check out the new website and set this page up to receive notifications. We are working on delivering mountain walks, mostly in South Wales, beginning in December 2024 and then throughout the whole of 2025. It's time that we regularly got back into the hills after a couple of years of recovery and re-building of Wales Outdoors following the government's actions in 2020 to 2022. https://walesoutdoors.co.uk

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We got a soaking going behind this one, but that is par for the course following a day or two of heavy rain...

The hound was playing all hurty yesterday. She loves this stretch of dry grass but it is pitted and she kinda fell into a small hole. However, all is well as she only wanted a cuddle and then it was good to go time :)

There was one that struggle a little though... But... her friends got here through it :)

Mali made it over the Wibbly Wobbly bridge without displaying any fear...

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We are an innovative, multiple award winning, as seen on TV adventure travel provider that works with small groups in the great outdoors. Here's some background to our assertion that your adventure is our business!

In 1995 Andy Lamb opened the first mountain bike hire business in the Brecon Beacons National Park. Since then Andy’s business, Wales Outdoors, has grown and morphed and now Wales Outdoors is the most active and most popular guided walks and adventure travel provider in Wales. Andy has been a volunteer co-ordinator, guided walks programme organiser and part time central area warden for the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority, chair of Brecon Beacons Tourism, a Duke of Edinburghs area co-ordinator, a Princes Trust social inclusion manager, the catalyst for the Brecon Beacons National Park Environment Charter and a key motivator for the inception of the outdoor activity peer group, SWOAPG.

We operate a safe, friendly and client orientated business that is actively pursuing innovative approaches to fun and educational provision. Join us for day walks and weekends away in Wales as well as challenge events and overseas walking tours and holidays in places such as Iceland and Tenerife...