Ble alla i ddringo?
Mae gan ddringwyr gyfrifoldeb i ddeall materion mynediad a chadwraeth perthnasol sy'n gysylltiedig â'r mannau rydyn ni'n dringo ynddynt. Dyma rai awgrymiadau i'ch helpu i fwynhau'r ardaloedd hyn yn gynaliadwy.
Mae dringwyr Prydain wedi’u bendithio â dewis o gannoedd o glogwyni, sy’n amrywio o leoliadau sbort neu un pitsh, i lwybrau traddodiadol sawl pitsh mewn ardaloedd mynyddig anghysbell.
Wrth i rai o'r rhain ddod yn fwyfwy poblogaidd, mae gan ddringwyr hefyd fwy o gyfrifoldeb i ddeall materion mynediad a chadwraeth perthnasol fel y gallwn barhau i fwynhau'r ardaloedd hyn yn gynaliadwy.
Mae pob clogwyn yn wahanol a gall cytundebau mynediad newid heb rybudd. Eich cyfrifoldeb chi yw gwirio cyfyngiadau ar yr ardal yr hoffech ymweld â hi, a'r lle gorau i wneud hynny yw drwy Gronfa ddata mynediad rhanbarthol y BMC.
Clogwyni ar Dir Mynediad
Yn y gorffennol mae dringwyr yn aml wedi cael eu gorfodi i dresmasu er mwyn cael mynediad at glogwyni. Ond ers ei ffurfio yn 1944 mae'r BMC wedi gweithio gyda thirfeddianwyr a sefydliadau cefn gwlad i sicrhau bod dringwyr yn cael mynediad i glogwyni heb beryglu rheolwyr tir na defnyddwyr eraill.
Roedd Deddf Cefn Gwlad a Hawliau Tramwy (2000) yn fuddugoliaeth fawr i’r BMC a’n haelodau, gan ddiogelu mynediad i tua 865,000 hectar o fynydd-dir, rhos, gweundir a thwyni (a elwir yn ‘Dir Mynediad’) y gall y cyhoedd gerdded arno a dringo heb orfod aros ar lwybrau.
Heddiw mae llawer o'n creigiau mwyaf poblogaidd yn gorwedd o fewn ardaloedd o'r fath. Fodd bynnag, gellir gosod gwaharddiadau dros dro o hyd, gan gynnwys ar gyfer cadwraeth a diogelwch y cyhoedd - mae'r achosion mwyaf cyffredin dros gyfyngiadau yn cynnwys presenoldeb adar sy'n nythu, fflora neu ffawna prin, neu risg tân uchel.
Clogwyni nad ydynt ar Dir Mynediad
Mae yna hefyd lawer o ardaloedd dringo bendigedig – yn enwedig ar hyd ardaloedd arfordirol ac mewn hen chwareli – nad oes gan ddringwyr hawl mynediad cyfreithiol iddynt er ei bod yn bosibl bod dringo wedi digwydd yno yn y gorffennol.
Gall tirfeddianwyr gyfyngu ar fynediad i'r creigiau hyn ac weithiau maent yn gwneud hynny. Yn ogystal â'r rhesymau a restrir uchod, mae'r achosion mwyaf cyffredin am hyn yn cynnwys parcio anystyriol gan ddringwyr, sŵn, difrod i'r dirwedd neu dda byw, a chŵn.
Mewn sefyllfaoedd o'r fath mae'r BMC yn gweithio'n galed ar ran dringwyr i ddod i gytundeb gyda'r tirfeddiannwr, ac mewn rhai achosion rydym hyd yn oed wedi prynu'r safle.
Ond gofynnwn i ddringwyr helpu i atal problemau o’r fath rhag codi yn y lle cyntaf drwy fod yn ystyriol, parchu arwyddion, cadw cŵn dan reolaeth, gwirio’r mannau parcio a ffefrir a dringfeydd ar y gronfa ddata mynediad rhanbarthol, a deall ac ufuddhau’r Cod Cefn Gwlad.
Cymerwch ran
Trwy ddod yn a aelod o'r BMC rydych yn cefnogi ein gwaith Mynediad a Chadwraeth yn awtomatig. Mae ffyrdd gwych eraill o gymryd rhan yn cynnwys dod yn wirfoddolwr mynediad, neu ymuno â gwaith glanhau clogwyni yn lleol.
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