We paddled the Vyrnwy today, I must say what a great little river, big thanks again to the Wombourne Kayak Club, team, who as always give great support and advice during our trips which makes the trip even more special.
My favourite trip so far since joining the club, a little scrapey as level was low but made for some good technical obstacles and kept you on your toes.
Great to hear you enjoyed it Nigel and although I’ve run the Vyrnwy half a dozen times now, the lower water made it more technical and interesting and I enjoyed it more. I think the youngsters ( Keelan, Ricki and Chucky ) obviously had a good time as they decided to run the drops twice. We’ll do it again soon with another 3 or 4 inches of water on it and you’ll notice the lines are more obvious and there are far fewer boulders to catch you out.
Once again I forgot to take your new phone number so if you want to text it to me my number is 07831 185914
Hi Geoff,
Great footage for me as I can see a number of key areas that I need to work on, without this detail it is sometimes difficult to understand why things go wrong, I can see I am yo tense sometimes and a little to lapse about entering the flow of water across that vital eddy line, I need to be more assertive as Tim says show the water who is boss, I also totally missed the good advice being given by Barry on the one drop, he was giving me the ideal line which was river left to me, right on the video I was 2 meters off line. Sorry Barry will be more observant in future . Big thanks to Richard for Saturday he was very patient trying to get me to enter eddy lines much higher and then getting my boat to turn in to the eddy, along with loving rocks ! leaning on to them and giving them a cuddle is the easiest way to free your self, I WILL GET THERE, I promise Guy’s.
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