Monday 20th February - What? The Dee is on 6 at JJs!?

Ho Hum, drop the car in Llangollen, hump the boats up to the canal and off to Chainbridge... Sound familiar? Paddling with Mark and Heather, more water than my last 4 visits to the Afon Dee (6 on the gauge), promising a good day on the river. Oh how fortunes fade!

Andrew ran Serpent's Tail in his playboat, hitting every eddy from the mini one, top right, down. He was followed by Heather, who also ran a clean line. He then repeated the performance, carving it up in Heather's Burn!

I'm saying little about my run other than it didn't impress anybody. Mark followed on before we regrouped and set off down river.

Andrew takes the sting out of the Tail...

All had a good play at JJ's with Mark giving A some useful advice on blunts before heading down to Town Falls. Note; there is an eddy midstream just above the Falls. There is a fallen tree in this eddy. The tree will eat you if you float into it whilst being lazy and enjoying the scenery. For this to happen first time on the river with strangers is really most embarrasing....

Mark, Andy and I dropped into the river right eddy just above the drop only to watch Heather come sailing by to "probe" the Falls for us! What a star - she ran a tidy looking line but joined me on the swimmers list after the tow back tickled her back into the stopper. No worries, she soon eddied out and we were quickly back in the car park and away home (except for a brief detour to Pyranha in Runcorn - costly, but Andrew was a happy bunny with his brand new Burn strapped to the roof of the car!)