Medium water (heavy showers during Friday night, but died out by morning) was a good level for this trip. John C., Tim and I ventured out, and put in on the Corrwg a half mile of so above the confluence with the Afan. (Picture on my blog from the previous time I did the run in January: http://journals.aol.com/hyfforddwr/CanwioHywel/entries/547)
The run down to the Afan was like a pinball game, a narrow run down, few eddies and lots of rocks. A few hundred yards past the confluence I luckily spotted in good time what I'd been looking for - a pipe all away across the river, just above the water. There was a long prickily portage river left and then the fun recommenced. Tim put in his first swim, getting caught out by a rock coming down a rapid. We recovered everything and started out again. We'd only gone another 100 yards or so before we came across the next pipe and did another portage river left. We then found we could have run all the way down and taken out easily on the left or even easily run over thh stone weir on the left.
Then run then continued, Time putting in another swim, this time caught out by another rock mid-channel as he tried to make my break-out - where I'd only gone to provide cover as I'd seen it was a bit tricky.
After that the gradient eased a bit but there were plenty more fun rapids, and a few small mostly broken, maybe natural, weirs until the take out just above Pont-rhyd-y-fen. We then went up to the mountain bike centre at Glyncorrwg for a coffee.http://www.the-dropoff.com/images.php
A great day out which we should think about turning in to a regular club trip. More continuous and tricky rapids than Usk, Tal-y-bont to Llangynidr, and the Wye, Llangurig to Rhayader, it's a good long mostly Grade 3 trip. Bigger water might make the Corrwg and top section with the pipes too exciting but medium water it's great.
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