Upper Taff, Sunday 23 October

I can't really compete with the reports below of the Saturday trip, so here's just a brief note. John Mort. and I met up with 3 other paddlers (from another -shush - Cardiff club) to paddle from Quakers Yard down to Trefforest. The water had dropped a bit since the previous day to a low middling level. (Note to John: nexst time remind me to read the gauge at Abercynon weir so I can include it in the write-up). The other paddlers being intrepid types shot Quakers Yard weir, and John followed them. They went over in the centre. All had short boats and aimed to boof as the landing is shallow. All failed to boof (as the stepped take-off makes it almost impossible) but their short boats let them get away with it. Not much else to report. A couple missed the line at the Grade 3 Graveyard rapid but all survived. John's playboating is coming along nicely so it was a worthwhile trip.