The Ramblers
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- A welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our quarterly Walk magazine
- What's more, you'll be a driving force behind increasing access to green spaces, opening up more places to walk and boosting Britain's well-being one step at a time, just by joining the Ramblers
Members Notice
Merthyr Ramblers Social Evening
Join us every first Monday of each month at 6pm in Merthyr Wetherspoons (Y Dic Penderyn) for our monthly social evening. Everyone welcome - come and meet the Merthyr Valley Ramblers. Good company and a quiz to boot. Downstairs in the old library.
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Walks coming soon …
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Ogmore circular
Date: Saturday, 11 May 2024
Walk type: Circular
Start time: 10:00 am
Estimated finish time: 15:00 pm
Distance: 8 miles / 12.9 km
Ascent: 697 ft / 212 m
Walk difficulty: moderate
Booking is essential
Walk description: Starting from the main Car Park (Fee £6 payable by card, or cash) next to Ogmore beach we walk alongside the river to Ogmore castle where we begin our moderate climb (on a terraced road) to Ogmore Down. We follow the Bridgend Circular Walk across the down, which will afford some long distance views of the surrounding area. Our route then decends to the village of St Brides Major ( one of the trial places for the 20 mph zones. Interestingly many of the 20 mph signs have been blacked out there!). After walking through the village we pick up the Valeways Millenium Heritage Trail which takes us through some beautiful farmland, and down through a bluebell wood, to reach our lunch stop at Dunraven Bay. There will be an opportunity to visit Dunraven Park for those who wish to do so. After lunch we have a short climb to access the Wales Coast Path, which we follow back to our starting point in the car park. Please note the area of the car park we will be meeting at.
Start Place: Ogmore by Sea Beach car park (Fee £6 payable by card, or cash)
Grid Ref: SS 86191 75213
GPS: 51.464414, -3.639708
What3Words: broom.unwound.ensemble
Walk classification:
Suitability: Dog friendly.
Surroundings: Coast, Village, Country Park, Woodland, Farmland.
Facilities: Parking, Toilets, Refreshments.
Bargoed & Gelligaer common
Date: Saturday, 18 May 2024
Walk type: Circular
Start time: 10:00 am.
Estimated finish time: 14.30
Distance: 9 miles / 14.5 km
Walk difficulty: Moderate
Booking is essential
Walk description: We walk through Bargoed woodland park following the Rhumney river, until we reach the outskirts of Bargoed. We follow a track for a short while and come out in the town centre, skirt the edge of town where there are a few short steep climbs to take us to the edge of the golf course. We go around the edge of the course with lovely views of the hillside to our right. This bring us onto Gelli-gaer common which we follow to the end. (Cows present) We then drop down into Penpedairheol following footpaths through an estate and into the centre where we will have lunch at the church. From there it is mostly country footpaths to Tir-y-berth, we join the Rhumney river once more, then back to the car park.
Walk classification:
Suitability: Dog friendly
Surroundings: Town, river, Moor, heath. Country park. Woodland
Facilities: Parking.
To be announced …
Date: Saturday, 25 May 2024
Walk leader: John Holloway
Date: Saturday, 1 June 2024
Walk leader: Christine Gibbon
Date: Saturday, 08 June 2024
Walk leader: Morfydd Jenkins
Date: Saturday, 15 June 2024
Walk leader: Jenny Edwards