Friday 26 February 2010
Monday 1 February 2010
Fairy Glen, Aberglasyln Gorge and numerous Dee Sessions...
As I am starting to really improve in my boating and start to push my boundaries, We decided to finally hit the Glen and I don't think we could have had a much better crew to show me down : Kev Griffiths, Chris Williams and Phill Davidson of the Welsh Rivers Guidebook Fame.
Well, my my, what a truly magical place! I have never been to such a place which has moved me so much.
It is just amazing how secluded and unique this gorge is. From the moment we got on it moved me in a way indescribable. The rapids were testing with must make lines, gnarly stoppers and lots of hidden nasties....
Due to light we only had time to run the lower gorge which included rapids such as Pipeline, Speed biker and end of the world- the infamous must run rapid.
Due to Captive Productions, I have had to hold nearly all the footage back except for a few various clips:
Here is me on SpeedBiker:
Here is the mighty Chris Williams running Pipeline:
Before we did the Glen We ran a low level Aberglasyln gorge, which was a really nice run which was quite technical at this level.. One thing that I loved of this river was the mellow green colour of the water...Fantastic!
Due to the recent lack of water I have been playing on the dee A few times over the last month, One time in my playboat which resulted in a nice healthy spanking in Serpents which involved a nice lengthy side surf numerous back loops before being briefly shoved under the undercut before I was freee!
Another session involved messing around in my solo on the Mile End Mill site with Peter Lamb, was great to paddle with him and learn some new techniques!
Afon Lledr
Right, It has been an awful long time since I last updated this blog and since my last post I feel my paddling has improved an awful lot...
Shortly after Christmas I met up with the 'usuals' and a few new faces for a paddle on the Afon Lledr. Wow, what a river. I can understand why the guidebook mentions that it isn't as popular as you would think due to the diversity of the rapids. We got on at Pont Y Pant which was one of the hardest rapids on the river which we ran... Straight onto solid grade 5 with no warm up wakes you up believe me! This was one of my first big grade 5s. Here is a video to prove it:
The video doesn't really do this amazing rapid justice but never the less, enjoy:
A full video of our day can be found here:
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