Dragon Paddlers were out in force today - 2 river trips!
Trip No. 1, Hywel, Tim and John C. went on the Usk from Sennybridge to Aberbrân. We were honoured to be joined with an intrepid paddler of international fareknown- Clare Jones. I paddled with her in the French Alps in 2003 but that's not why she's gets the write-up. No, she paddled as one of a two girl team to Alaska. Not from Wales, admittedly, but still.... Read about her trip on the following link. http://www.vividplanet.co.uk/insidepassage/pressinfo.html
(We joined up with 4 Cardiff C.C. members too - thought I'd better mention them too but hey, compared with Clare Jones - are you newsworthy?
Our trip was incident free (low water) - apart from the 3rd drop where I went too far to the left. There wasn't enough water to carry me over the lip and I eventually pencilled in vertically, hit the bottom and capsized forward. I rolled up but felt fairly silly. Oh, and Tim went canyoning on the first fall. He got carried down backward to the start of the drop, managed to turn his boat, but lost his paddle. Holding a branch he then climbed out of his boat and let it make the trip unaccompanied. Fascinating to watch. He did carry back up to do it all properly latter.
Trip No.2: Grant and Matthew went to Stratford-on-Avon for the Avon Descent. Matt promised a report so watch this space.
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