This weekend 27th / 28th October

Hi Nigel I’m sure a few of us will be paddling on Saturday to, as yet an unknown destination !! I might suggest the Usk at the pool session tonight but it’s somewhere I’ve not been, so hopefully Barry will be available to join us.
Last weeks Saturday (20th Oct) paddle was on two rivers, the upper Severn and the Clywedog. We paddled the Upper severn first from Old Hall Bridge to Llanidloes. The E A gauge at Llanidloes reading 1.52 but it hadn’t been updated since Monday 15th and the water was obviously well down on that reading ! The access at Old hall Bridge was across a small paddock ( we asked one of the locals first). The river needed at least another 100mm of water here as at one point Barry actually got out and walked down the river and as we progressed several small streams entered and things improved with some decent grade 2 water to warm us up for the Clywedog. Just below Severn Park (an area with rope walkways, swings etc which can’t be missed ther is a weir described in The Welsh Rivers guide as “an almost certain portage as it lands on rock” Just below is a smaller weir which could probably have been run but as we were carrying our boats anyway we put on below it. As you near Llanidloes and the area begins to get built up, you enter what is probably the grade 3 section although due to the low water it was an easy grade 3 section. Then just below the Clywedog joins river left and the town bridge is ahead. Don’t miss the play wave a few yards below the bridge, we would have spent more time ther if the Clywedog wasn’t waiting for us !!