Has anyone noticed the small donation box at the entrance gate at Ogwen Cottage.
Its specifically for those walkers who want to donate money for the upkeep of Cwm Idwal.
I was on the Glyders yesterday afternoon, and there was significant helicopter activity, with coming and going, ferrying heavy stones for path maintenance.
As for the Brecon Beacons, the erosion issue has been a huge problem for the last thirty odd years, and more.
Its been nearly twenty four years since ive been up Pen Y Fan, and they were repairing the Pont ar Daf path up Pen Y Fan that far back.
I posted a reply sometime back, about Mr Chris Barber of Blorenge Books in Llanfoist, who has a significant number of early photographs, showing the Cribyn and Pen Y fan paths up Pen Y Fan, covered in grass, with no erosion in sight.
I think the photographs were taken in the very early 1960s or 50s.
I can remember the erosion up Pen Y fan being a serious issue way back in the 1970s.
The main problem is that during very heavy rain, which the Beacons regularly receives, the soil has nowhere to go, other than downhill in a mucky sludge.
In the past decade or so, the traffic on the mountain has increased considerably, so erosion is inevitable.
Without proper funding being made available, the situation will only get significantly worse, and its impossible to limit the amount of walkers keen to reach the summit.
What the answer is, i have no idea, throwing more money at the repair of paths, is one solution, but we are talking about millions of pounds, only to alleviate a problem that will never go away.
Is there a small secure donation box at Pont Y Daf ? If Snowdonia Park Authority has decided to install one at Ogwen, maybe The Beacons could go down the same route.