Going to Afan this weekend – best place to camp?

A few of us are off to Afan this weekend, so far we are considering either the Afan Forest Centre or Glyncorrwg (sp?).

I've heard that you can get to some of the routes easilly from Glyncorrwg, but also that it's a favourite for bike thieves.

Is the Afan Forest Centre campsite the same?

Still a good idea to sleep with your bikes!!??

Camped at the Afan centre quite a few times. Usually camped near the top and lock our bikes to one of benches. Glyncorrqweqwyg does have a bike lockup.

I personally prefer the camping at Afan as you're not so crammed together as you can be at Glyn…wyg. The cafe is not as good (but still does a fair old fry up!), but the showers and toilets are much nicer.

either will do as you can access all the trails from either centre.

They are only a couple of miles apart, bigger centre is at Glyncorrwg really.

Give them a ring to check for space as they sometimes are fully booked this time of year so that may decide for you where you go in all honestly.

As for bike thieves they would have to drive past Afan to get to Glyncorrwg generally so the potential is there at both sites.

So advice get some big locks and lock them down to something imoveable, if you can get them in the tent I guess all the better.

It is a worry but be sensible and you'll have no worries about the robbing b***ards.

Have fun

OK cool,

so not much in it really.

I wouldn't have worried about leaving the bikes locked in the car overnight until I heard about the break ins on here.

With that in mind I think I'll lock the bikes up in our tent overnight rather than risk the car getting broken into.

Not that our bikes would be worth that much, but still not worth being lapse about it.

Blokie at Glyncorrwg wouldn't let us keep bikes chained to the camper van last time I was there – was MOST insistent we used their lock up and tbf with the bike locks plus the building lock you would needed to have been a professional theif to get in. No problems on security then…..plus the Dropoff Cafe is way, way better than the Afan Visitors Centre, by miles

I think the thieves live within easy walking distance of Glyncorrwg, Afan is a bit more isolated.

If you go to Glynporridge then take industrial midge repellent 🙂

And their "secure" lockup is opened at approx 09:00 and then left open for all and sundry to walk in so make sure you lock your bike up well if you go down that route.

Big eff off chain round your alloy or similar and fishing line tied to your big toe so you get a warning of any tampering!

Atleast the bike is with you.

Don't know about the lock up but would (not) like to know the scenario if your bike was pinched from the safety of said lock up.

I had heard the midgies were rife at that campsite!!

Not ideal as I seem to get bitten a fair bit, last nasty one I had on my foot made it swell up for two days – couldn't get a shoe on!! Think that was a horsefly though.

So the lockup is fairly 'safe' as long as you get your bike when it opens? I'll dig out a few decent locks/chains.

Probably safer to camp next to the road @ Gly on the pavement than in the carpark 😉 Only joking 🙂

Have you considered B and B?

We stayed at The Queen's[/url] in Glyncorrwg a few weekends ago – £25 pppn. They've got bike wash and storage facilities, and they're only a few minutes on the fire road from the start of White's.

It's walking distance from Glyncorrwg Ponds, too – we went there for dinner in the evening.

Very friendly and very comfortable, and not too much more than the cost of camping either (if you add the cost of breakfast, showers and bike wash to the camp site cost).

Alaric.

We did consider B&B, but campings part of the fun 😉

how about here: http://www.brynbettwslodge.com/index.html

Your at the top of the Wall, and There's a high access fire track over to Glyncorrwg from there . .