We met at the usual meet for traveling North, the Indian restaurant on the A470. I arrived on time ("for once" I hear Matt M cry) and saw about 8 people milling around. Not a bad turn out I thought to myself, when another car turned up... then another and another. Kayakers numbered 21 in total, after we sorted out car share and kit we headed up in convoy to the Prom in Brecon.
After helping (or maybe hindering) to sort what felt like a military maneuver - the shuttle - we had all boaters and kit - after we found Rees and Amber - at the put in, Aberbran.
WOW - What a turn out, 21 people that's impressive!
And even more impressive... most of them were smiling for the group photo.
The river offered a rather sedate trip due to the water levels but dragon paddlers managed to inject a little spice.Rees pictured here was introduced to ferry gliding and did what every beginner does and offered his upstream edge to the current... However, he then bucked the trend of beginners and held on in his capsized boat until the T-Rescue was offered and duly taken. Well done Rees.
Now the pool sessions have broken up for the summer hols it was great to see Les (club treasurer) out enjoying the banter. Pictured here with his daughter Sam, who was showing it really is like riding a bike, as she hadn't paddled in 2 years.
After a disappointing lack of swimmers, except for those crazy kids who deliberately got out of their boats and swam at every possibility - the river was surprisingly warm - we managed to meander and bum shuffle our way through the stunning countryside back to the Prom.
Paddlers who attended were;
Phil D, Matt M, Nick B, Paul M, Miec, Lowri, Aleid, Bryn, Ieuan, John, Sian, Rees, Amber, Liz, Chris W, Eric, David, Piers, Emlyn, Les & Sam.
Phew...
I hope all that attended enjoyed the trip even with the low water - It is great to see new faces on the river trips. A big thank you to Matt who made the trip happen and to Nick and Paul who introduced new concepts for the novices to think about.
Here's some random pictures of the trip.
One last thing... What was Matt thinking??????
Caption competition... The best caption wins a...
2 comments:
I think you'll find it was Meic and Aled who attended.
Matt: "I'm having a wee and no-one knows!"
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