Hello,
I have just begun research on them and wish to know anyone's success in viewing them in the Snowdonia region. Are there accommodations which allow visiting a stable or riding center? Is there a train route which would chance encounter seeing them in their natural habitat?
Thank you
TK
Wild ponies do exist in Snowdonia but most of the Snowdonia Range are too steep & rocky to be a favoured habitat. The best place to see wild ponies in in the Brecon Beacons National Park (including the Black Mountains near the English border with south Wales).
Abergavenny would be your nearest railway station so, if coming from London (Paddington) or Reading via the Heathrow rail air bus link, you would change trains at Newport. www.nationalrail.co.uk
If coming from Shrewsbury, Hereford might be a more appropriate railhead for the northern Black Mountains area.
Getting from Abergavenny to some of the places listed below could be difficult without a car. I would only select for a pony trekking holiday those who could arrange transport from the nearest rail station. Also check out the local buses on http://www.traveline.cymru
http://www.breconbeacons.org/horse-riding-centres
We saw lots of Welsh ponies wandering freely in the Carding Mill Valley near Church Stretton----not in Wales but quite close to Abergavenny by direct train. They were beautiful and well groomed, so probably not truly wild, just turned out for a holiday.
Hi James, Emma and Lola!
Thank you. I'll keep my fingers crossed and my bifocals within easy reach just in case a herd is lurking in my horizon as I can't stretch another minute out of my single day's visit to that region. I appreciate your keeping me apprised!
TK
