Chris Barber MBE FRGS.
Chris Barber is a well known author in Wales with thirty books published to date. He has spent all his life in the Newport and Abergavenny areas and in 1994 he took early retirement from his post as Chief Countryside Warden with Gwent County Council.
As a walker, climber and caver, Chris has an intimate knowledge of the Brecon Beacons National Park which has been gained over many years. He was the originator of the popular Three Peaks Trial and for many years organiser of the annual South Wales Seven Peaks 47 mile Marathon Walk.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and is well known for his skills as a photographer with many of his pictures published in books and periodicals.
Chris is a publisher as well and his publishing house Blorenge Books is a small concern but produces books of high quality relating to Wales and in particular the Brecon Beacons National Park.
His interests are wide ranging as the titles of his many publications indicate, for they cover industrial archaeology, prehistoric standing stones and the mysteries and legends of Wales, while his skills as a photographer are widely acknowledged. He also lectures regularly throughout the area on various aspects of his experiences as an author, photographer and historian.
Between working on these various projects Chris still finds time to be Secretary of the Llanfoist Local History Society and is a founder member of the Brecon Beacons Park Society. He has served on the Executive Committee for 12 years and is the Editor of the Society’s journal – ‘The Beacon’ – which is published twice a year.
Chris Barber’s many interests and achievements have been recognised by an entry in ‘Who’s Who in the World’ and he is a member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers’ Guild. He was awarded the MBE for ‘Services to the Community and Tourism” in the 2008 New Year’s Honours List.
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