A relative short walk in of 40 or so minutes, easy navigation and not a lot of snow around to cause any particular issues, made a very pleasant change to what is normally perceived as Winter Climbing in this country.
When I finally got out paddling it was again to South Wales, but this time to the Middle Tawe, with two of my long term students, husband and wife duo Jim and Cath. For them the river made an exciting change from the river topography of North Wales, which they are more familiar with. At the water levels that we paddled at, it made a nice introduction to running slides and drops, as well as polishing other important river running skills.
Paul Greenwood running the main drop on the Middle Tawe
Last weekend, was spent on Dartmoor. On Saturday, we paddled the Upper Dart and the Loop. Sunday on the Middle Tavy, this was a new river for me, and one that I will be returning back to.
Paddling with us this weekend was Steve, a friend of my next door Neighbour and paddling partner, Matt. Steve hadn’t been on white water for over 8 years, and was thrown straight back into it, wearing his ‘old skool’ paddling kit he attracted a few looks on the river! I think that he is hooked again, and spent the whole of one shuttle, talking about which kayak would be suitable for him to buy.
