1. Taff
"Excellent small club trip on the upper Taff this morning.
Attendees;
Phil
Nick
Lewis
Ben and
Alex B
This was Alex's first trip on the Upper Taff and it was a perfect level. All features in play and some quite a challange.
I was very impressed with Alex pulling off 3 rolls "in anger". Both Alex and Lewis looked like they had been paddling this type of grade for years when they were navigating the graveyard.
No swimmers.
Well done one and all it was a very pleasant trip.
Phil"
2. Senni/Usk
Group 1, met 09.00: Matt, John O', Chris and David W.
Group 2, met 09.45: Hywel, John C., Rob and Gareth
A nice day though the water was pretty low, even though above mean winter level. Two swims, one by Rob (though he says it doesn't count) when he got swept under the overhanging tree after playing on a wave) and one by David. A more interesting feature was John O's sustained half-capsize - he wasn't going to come out! - before Matt eventually took a pity and gave him an Eskimo rescue. When shuttling we realised Wales were 7-3 against South Africa so we all rushed to Tai'r Bull hoping to see the rest of the game. It was shut. All cars progressed though the last two not knowing where the first three had gone, eventually settled for a pint without a screen at the Nant Ddu lodge. Hywel, John C, Rob and Gareth made it to the Drovers Arms, Cefn Coed-y-Cymer, with the usual effect: Wales lost. Nice pub though, with entertainment from a local fishmen who said he's shoot boilers at kayakers. (Translated I think he meant ball bearings). We parted in good spirits, me saying we'd see him on the river.
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