Afon Grwyne Fawr, Sunday 4 Dec

3 intrepid paddlers -Hywel, Rob and Dave ventured out onto this Grade 2-3 river. The weir gauge showed just under 3 which is low but runnable. There were a few tree blocking the river early on - some we squeezed past but we portaged too. I had what would almost count as a swim when my boat started getting swept downstream as I was scrambling out for a scout just above what turned out to be a couple of falls (for the record, both were easy - the first far left down a shoot). Further on, we scouted when we came to a footbridge across the river which is a hundred yards or so above Penydarren Falls. We ran right of centre. We also ran the weir at Llangenny (where we'd seen sewin trying to jump upstream when we inspected on the way to the put-in.). Nice trip, and a pint in the Blue Bell. We also scouted for another day the much more serious looking Clydach (Grade 3-5) at Gilwern on the way back.