Paul and me, a cheeky weekend away to Betws-y-Coed. And we actually had decent water this time!
Friday afternoon gave us just enough time to run from the Chainbridge down to Town Falls at Llangollen. The approach to, and rapid above the Serpent's Tail was completely washed out; so much so that I was actually doubting we had reached the rapid when inspecting it from the bank. All that was to be seen was a river twice as wide as usual, big wave train where the rapid should have been and a stopper that would have resulted in serious downtime with a side portion of undercut cliff on the right bank. No thank you, appetite gone!
JJ's was big and fast and Town Falls interesting. Paul picked his moment (me mid-debate with a guy claiming that we were trespassing - again!) to pick up his boat and carry it into town, leaving me to run the Falls solo. All went surprisingly well, taking a wide centre line, cutting back right at the final lip where a brief backward slide into a surf session resulted in a comedy roll and skillful self-rescue swim under the bridge. Apparently it all happened so quickly that Paul almost got himself run over as he ran from one side of the bridge to the other in order to check if I was ever coming out. How ironic that could have been!
Saturday saw us grab two bouncy runs down the middle Llugwy from Pont Cyfyng to Forestry Falls (Paul enjoyed the big wave trains and Forestry Falls far more the second time around) and a blast down the middle Conwy, egressing through Rachael's garden, so avoiding the angry farmer at Rhydlanfair bridge and getting a good brew from her cafe / caravan.
Bright sunshine on Sunday morning caused a major attack of sitting in the sun, enjoying the view up into the Llugwy valley, drinking tea and chomping shortbread while deciding where to head next. As everything was drying out, we took the sensible option; more tea and a cruise by the Tryweryn for photos and, err, tea...
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