Side-Events |
Information
about side-events some of the side-events which are already
planned. If you would like to assist us by running any additional
events, please contact our side events co-ordinator by emailing
side-events@megawales.co.uk
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| Wednesday
27/07 17:00 |
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Contact:
mitch.mob |
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In
conjunction with a Swansea Bay Orienteering Club (SBOC) Summer
League Event.
Welcome
to the first event as part of the Welsh Mega 2011 which will
take place at 5pm within the park and last for the traditional
15 minutes.
Pembrey Country Park is firmly established as one of Wales'
top attractions. With its award winning golden sandy beach,
dry ski slope, toboggan ride, crazy golf, pitch and putt, miniature
train rides, adventure play area, equestrian centre and a variety
of nature trails, there is something for the whole family. Further
information about the park can be found HERE.
The remains of the former Royal Ordnance Factory that closed
in 1965 can be found throughout the park with many bunkers and
tunnels waiting to be explored.
Following
the Flashmob Event, Swansea Bay Orienteering Club will be holding
an informal Summer League event nearby from 5:30pm until 8:30pm.
Final details of this event will be made available nearer the
time HERE.
Hope
to see you there...
Web:
Pembrey Country Park. |
Thursday
28/07
12:00 - 16:00 |
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Contact:
tattylicious |
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Within
the grounds of St Fagans: National History Museum.
Set
within the grounds of St Fagan’s Castle and Garden the National
History Museum allows visitors to experience Wales from the
Celtic Times to the present day. This event will be a picnic
within the museum grounds giving everyone the chance to sit
and chat as well as heading off and exploring the museum. |
Thursday
28/07
15:00 - 16:00 |
Mission
Impossible? Meet Steinmann 2011 (GC2TKT3) |
Contact:
The Brat Pack |
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So
why Mission Impossible? Well, your mission, should you decide
to accept it, is to get to Flat Holm and meet with Steinmann at
the Flat Holm Museum and sign his log book. Thomas will be available
at the Flat Holm Museum between 15.00 and 16.00 hrs. As always,
should you or any of your team caught or killed, the Impossible
Missions Force (aka the Wales MEGA Committee) will disavow any
knowledge of your actions.This Cache Listing will self-destruct
in five seconds. Good luck, Team. |
Thursday
28/07
19:00 (Start) |
Wild
and Wonderful - St David (GC2XHPD) |
Contact:
JugglingJill |
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A
meet and greet event to be held on Thursday 28th July 2011 from
7.00 p.m. onwards at The Cross Hotel in St Davids, and a chance
to get to view the wild and wonderful coastline of North Pembrokeshire. |
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Friday
29/07 12:00 - 18:00 |
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Contact:
Mollyjak |
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A
chance to meet and cache around the Nature reserve following
the Creature Comfort series. From a simple one mile circle including
5 caches to a longer walk to the beautiful Sker beach which
is only accessible on foot. The walk can be further extended
to include passing Sker House built in 1100’s and recently restored.
Food
will be available in the Historic Haunted Public House The Prince
of Wales which was built in the 16th century and was originally
the Town Hall. |
| Saturday
30/07 11:00 - 13:00 |
Picnic
at the Big Apple (GC2P7DQ) |
Contact:
Eclectic Penguin |
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You
really can't miss the iconic Mumbles Big Apple on the way to the
event location and the recommended car park for the event is close
by. One of a number of such structures built around Wales and
South West England in the 1930s to promote a cider drink, its
believed to be the last of its kind in the UK (by quite some time)
but even today serves as a kiosk, selling drinks and snacks to
customers. |
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Saturday
30/07
17:00 - 19:00 |
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Contact:
Zetetic |
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The
loggable Mega Camping event (open to campers and non-campers)
will commence at 5pm on Saturday 30th July. The event will be
an informal bring your own barbeque get together on the campsite.
There is plenty of parking for day visitors to the event.
Click
HERE for more information about MegaCamping. |
| Sunday
31/07 10:00 - 17:00 |
Mega
Wales 2011 (The UK's 4th Mega Event) (GC2921G) |
The
UK Mega Event Committee |
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The
Geocachers of Wales invite you to Swansea for the 4th UK Mega
Event. There will be trade-stands, geocaching talks, a sandcastle
building competition for the children, and a chance to talk
to other geocachers. |
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Monday
01/08
13:00 - 14:00 plus walking time. |
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Contact:
sniffadogz |
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Join
us for a picnic on the highest mountain in South Wales.
Choice of routes (and potential diversions) e.g.
1) Storey Arms – Corn Du – Pen y Fan (and back)
2) Neuadd Reservoir – Cribin – Pen y Fan – Corn Du – Graig Fan
Ddu ( or clockwise)
3) Blaen-y-glyn – Craig y Fan Ddu – Bwlch y Ddwyallt – Fan y
Big – Cribyn - Pen y Fan – Corn Du – Graig Fan Ddu ( or clockwise)
4) Arrange cars and walk the ridge: Storey Arms – Talybont Reservoir
- just ensure you arrive on Pen-y-Fan within the event window! |
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Monday
01/08. 14:00 - 17:00 |
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Contact:
The North-West Committee |
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We
invite you to Gnoll Country Park, Neath, to taste some North
West specialities like Lancashire & Cheshire cheese, Eccles
& Chorley cakes, as well as Blackpool Rock. Cumbria offers
Kendal Mint Cake, Grasmere Gingerbread and the world famous
Sticky Toffee Pudding from Cartmel. Bring a chair, bring a
picnic........ but most importantly, bring yourselves.
This is an outdoor event, close to the Visitor Centre (which
has a café), but if we have inclement weather we have booked
space inside.
Based
on an early 18th century landscaped garden of over 100 acres,
Gnoll Country Park was awarded the title of Best Picnic spot
in Wales in 2010 and features lakeside and woodland walks,
restored cascades, a grotto, play area, adventure playground
and a visitor centre. Well behaved dogs are very welcome,
although they should not enter the play areas or go indoors.
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Tuesday
02/08
10:30 - 14:00 |
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Contact:
The Brat Pack |
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Underground
tour (for those wishing to participate) with visit to Pithead
Baths exhibitions. Talk on Big Pit and the wider industrial
landscape by member of Big Pit staff. Opportunity to visit rest
of Big Pit site and beyond: don’t miss the ‘Mining Galleries’
before departure (25 minute audio visual exhibition on the surface
of Big Pit). |
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Wednesday
03/08 11:00 - 16:30 |
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Contact:
Write and Mane |
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The event, in The Oystercatcher, Penarth Haven, will provide
the usual base to sit and chat. Close by are Cardiff's Sports
Village and the Bay Barrage, while the Bay Trail passes the
door and provides an opportunity to undertake the Cardiff Bay
Perambulation.
It is hoped that attendees will take the opportunity to follow
the Bay Trail, a well signed walking and cycling route which
follows as close as practical to the perimeter of Cardiff Bay.
The trail is 10 km, but could be reduced by using the waterbus,
road train and/or the A4232 bridge. The route takes you past
Penarth Haven, the Barrage (with its locks, weirs, fish pass
and Captain Scott and coal exhibitions), Norwegian Church, Lightship,
the Senedd, Pierhead Building (original dock offices), Roald
Dahl Plass (outdoor arena, familiar to Torchwood fans) and Millennium
Centre, Mermaid Quay, Techniquest, Wetlands Reserve, Cardiff
Sports Village (with its ice rink, international pool and White
Water Centre), parks, three children's play areas, lots of urban
art and places to eat ? and a few geocaches.
More information can be found at:
The Barrage - http://www.cardiffharbour.com/content.asp?nav=10&parent_directory_id=1
Scott Exhibition - http://www.captainscottsociety.com/detail2.html
Norwegian Church - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Church,_Cardiff
Lightship - http://www.lightship2000.co.uk/
Senedd - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senedd
Dock Offices - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senedd
Millennium Centre - http://www.wmc.org.uk/index.cfm?alias=building
Mermaid Quay - http://www.mermaidquay.co.uk/
Techniquest - http://www.techniquest.org/start/
Waterbus - http://www.cardiffcats.com
or http://www.cardiffaquabus.com/baylink.aspx?section=3&page=42
Road train - http://www.cardiffroadtrain.com/
Wetlands Reserve - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Bay_Wetlands_Reserve
White Water Centre - http://www.ciww.com/content.asp
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Wednesday
03/08 20:30 - 21:00 (Start) |
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Contact:
Mitch-Mob |
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A
side event of the Welsh Mega 2011 conveniently located at the
starting point of two night caches (one is still in planning!)...........
Meet outside The Railway Inn, Gower Road, Upper Killay (it serves
real ale) between 8:30pm and 9:00pm.
Sun sets at about 9:00pm so anyone wishing to explore the area
by headlamp is welcome to join us as soon as it is dark enough............. |
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Thursday
04/08 10:00 (Start) |
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Contact:
Zetetic |
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A beach clean up at wonderful Whiteford Sands, Gower.
This event has been organised as part of Mega Wales 2011 in conjunction with the City and County of Swansea and the Countryside Council for Wales. |
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Friday
05/08
18:00 - 21:00 |
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Contact:
The Brat Pack |
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An
Event at Worm's Head, followed by drinks in the pub |
