Feature Archive
24 February 2010
The Society is screening the indie film Age of Stupid in Galeri Caernarfon on March 31st.
The show starts at 7pm and is just £2 - or free to members.
24 February 2010
Society member John Farrar offers a personal view of the impact of training flights on Snowdonia. We would welcome views from all with an interest in these matters.
17 February 2010
Plans are being made for the 2010 Welsh National Parks Societies weekend. Our friends in Pembrokeshire are organising this event on June 11-13.
11 February 2010
Jane Davidson AM, the Welsh Envionment Minister is the latest person to receive a special Snowdonia Society re-cycled shopping bag. It was rather larger than the hundreds of others produced so far!
Why Winter is Special in Snowdonia
09 January 2010
David Pusey recalls a special winter day out in Eryri from last year.
22 December 2009
The Society is seeking a new Treasurer to replace Pat Clayton. This honorary role becomes available early in the New Year.
Exploring Snowdonia with the Society
17 December 2009
Semi-feral ponies on the Carneddau, feral goats on Tryfan and historical Bala - Rob Collister and other Society members describe some Society walks
Get Wise about Ticks - and Lyme Disease
09 October 2009
Giovanna Bloor of Croesor writes as the mother of a chronic Lyme Disease sufferer who has been ill for nearly 4 years.
08 October 2009
Alan Pritchard, a National Park Area Warden describes the range and importance of vernacular gates in the National Park.
Blood, Sweat and a few tears...
29 September 2009
Society Director Alun Pugh made it to the top of Mont Ventoux on his sponsored Tour de France stage. But it's not just the professionals who crash....
26 September 2009
Writing for the Great Outdoors Magazine last year, Society Director Alun Pugh gave his views why the Hafod Eryri project is a great improvement on the "highest slum in Wales".
Sustainable Tourism in Practice - Bryn Elltyd
24 September 2009
Bob Cole discusses how he developed his Tanygrisiau guesthouse to minimise its carbon footprint.
03 September 2009
"There is presently no organised low level route around the highest mountain in Wales. Surely this is some mistake?" writes Pete Bursnall.
No chance of a yellow jersey...
23 June 2009
but our Director will certainly raise a lot of money for the Society when he rides a mountain stage of the Tour De France this summer. Over £2,000 has been raised already to protect the National Park....
24 April 2009
As part of its preparations for the National Eisteddfod’s visit to Bala in 2009 the cultural project Bwrlwm Eryri is launching three photography competitions which celebrate Snowdonia’s cultural heritage.
20 March 2009
Cwm Cywarch is one of Snowdonia's best kept secrets. We go there on Saturday, September 19th to see it for ourselves.
06 March 2009
Rob Collister gives a personal view of the Welsh Government's decision to lease the site of the decommissioned former military base at Llanbedr to Kemble Ltd.
02 March 2009
The Snowdonia Society will greatly miss Mike Cousins who died in November 2008. He was a very popular and active member, who had been a trustee from 1999. He was Hon. Secretary from 2000-2007. Harvey Lloyd and Gill Fildes pay tribute to him.
What Future for the Uplands Now?
30 January 2009
This is the theme of the Society's 2009 conference (March 28th). David Lewis explores the major and controversial issues to be addressed
Changes in Farming over forty years - some reflections
14 November 2008
In the year of the Society's fortieth anniversary, Merionethshire farmer and Chair of the Snowdonia National Park Authority reflects on the changes in farming since the Society's foundationin 1967.