We’re off to the Brecons!

We’ve got a great fully catered 2 night weekender in the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons), with subsidised places thanks to the YHA Festival of Walking.

Led by and for LGBTQ+ folk.

When and where

5pm Friday 10th to 4pm Sunday 12th October at YHA Brecon Beacons.

We recommend taking the afternoon off work on Friday, so you can join us from the start.

Cost 

• Low income and marginalised groups place: £30

  If you are low income, trans, disabled or neurodivergent you can buy this ticket.

• QPOC place: £30

  If you are a queer person of colour you can buy this ticket.

• Recommended price place: £60

  Anyone can buy this ticket type. This is roughly what it costs to cover the cost of a place.

• Supporter place: £90

  Anyone can buy this ticket type. This ticket type supports us to subsidise lower income members on trips.

Prices include 2 nights accommodation in a dorm and all of your meals. We can take payments in installments.

If cost is a barrier to attending, please email queerhikingbristol@gmail.com. We have some budget to further subsidise places.

Sorry, no dogs.

• Accommodation

  We’ll be in dorm accommodation at YHA Brecon Beacons. Dorms have 6, 4 or 2 beds.

  Group size is 24, including leaders.

  We do not exclusive use of the bunkhouse.

  All bathrooms are gender neutral.

• Food

  Catering is by YHA, so we’ll get your food orders in beforehand.

  They can cater for vegan, veggie, GF and most other dietary requirements.

  It includes 2 x hot and continental breakfast, 2 x packed lunch 2 x hot dinner in the evening.

• What will we do?

  We’re working out the final details, but it will look something like the below. You can opt in/out of any activities.

  • Friday evening: dinner and welcome

  • Saturday day: 8-10 mile hike

  • Saturday evening: dinner at the bunkhouse

  • Sunday: 4ish mile hike, coffee and cake before heading back to Bristol

• Access needs and fitness

  The Brecons has a lot of hills. The terrain can be quite demanding at times. We’ll share the routes with attendees with elevations and as much info as we have.

  We ask for access needs so we can chat to you about what to expect and work out if it might be best to sit any hikes or activities out.

  Group trips mean we move at group pace. Some people are faster, some are slower. We’ll take regular breaks and it may mean if you’re a faster walker there’s a bit more waiting around.

• Getting there

  We’ll do rideshares, which we sort a few weeks before.

• Refunds and cancellations

  If we can find someone to take your place, we can offer you a full refund if you cancel. We can do this up to 2 weeks before the event.

  After this time we cannot offer any refunds. If we can’t replace you, we can’t offer a refund (but we usually can!)

How to sign up

• Fill in the form below

• Registration is open now and closes 10pm Thursday 21st August 2025

• After it closes, you can use the form to sign up to the waitlist

• Places are drawn randomly after registration closes

• If you’re drawn, you'll get an email confirming the trip and payment details

• If you do not get drawn, you'll also get an email to let you know and you’ll automatically go on the waitlist

• We recommend adding queerhikingbristol@gmail.com to your safe senders list

There's an option to add the name of someone you'd like to attend with. We can't guarantee they'll also be picked, but there'll be a portion of the draw that will be for plus ones of people picked, so they'll go into the pool for that. They will still need to fill in the form themselves.

Please email any questions to queerhikingbristol@gmail.com.

We're not qualified or insured. By coming along you do so at your own risk. 

Registration form